= Numeral identification
<Numeral identification> is recognition or naming of written <numerals>. When shown 7 and asked its name, a child maps a visual symbol to a conventional numerical label. This differs from counting seven objects or choosing whether 7 is larger than 4: related components of <numeracy> place different demands on the learner.
Separate assessments make those differences visible. <Geetha B. Ramani> and <Robert S. Siegler> asked preschool children to name numerals as one of four numerical tasks before and after a <number board game> intervention. A naming score therefore measures performance under that task's symbols and response rules; it does not by itself establish understanding of every property of the represented <numbers>.<Promoting broad and stable improvements in low-income children's numerical knowledge through playing number board games by Geetha B. Ramani and others>[Method, Numeral identification assessment; four numerical outcome measures]{ref}
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