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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"abstract thought"”.
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Perceptual foundations of abstract thought
… Yet, how people mentally represent these abstract domains has remained one of the great mysteries of the mind. This dissertation explores a potential solution: perhaps the mind recruits old structures for new uses. Perhaps sensory and motor representations that result from physical …
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Development of Three Dimensional Spatial Visualization and Abstract Mathematical Thought: School Implications for Student Preparation for a High Technology Society (cross-Cultural, Japan)
… spatial visualization and mathematics abstract thought among thirteen and fourteen year old students in the U.S. and Japan. Four predictive independent variables were used in the investigation: student gender, ethnicity, age, and school mathematics experiences.
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Racey Bear's Legacy: Metaphor as a Bridge to Children's Understanding and Expression of Abstract Concepts
… ability to express their understanding of five abstract concepts. It was found that working with metaphor enhanced their abilities to grasp the concepts, in various and surprising ways. It was also found that their abilities to express their understanding was enhanced subtly.
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Construal level theory and mathematics education
… students is that mathematics is highly abstract. Students often find it difficult to attach meaning to the mathematical concepts they are expected to master. In addition to coming to grips with the abstract nature of the subject, mathematical proficiency requires engagement at a more …
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Probing student engagement with size and distance in introductory astronomy
… and form the basic building blocks of all abstract thought. A fair amount of such Image Schemas (or "thinking templates") have been identified of which the SOURCE-PATH-GOAL resonates most clearly with the data described earlier. This Image Schema comes about in infancy when a child learns …
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In ruimtes vasgekeer: 'n Kognitiewe benadering tot metafore in dekoloniale diskoers
Afrikaans: Die kognitiewe linguistiek voer aan dat meeste abstrakte konsepte slegs in terme van metafore bedink en verstaan kan word. Dekolonialiteit as abstrakte konsep is steeds ’n vurige besprekingspunt in die konteks van hoër onderwys in Suid-Afrika. Hierdie verhandeling beoog om die verband …