Racey Bear's Legacy: Metaphor as a Bridge to Children's Understanding and Expression of Abstract Concepts
type: CreativeWork
description: Over the course of five weeks, three children were engaged in various exercises involving the observance and creation of metaphors. Before and after the exercises, the children were asked a series of questions designed to determine their understanding of and 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.
abstract: Over the course of five weeks, three children were engaged in various exercises involving the observance and creation of metaphors. Before and after the exercises, the children were asked a series of questions designed to determine their understanding of and 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.
author: Worthington, Dennis Paul
language: en_US
keywords: metaphor, abstract thought, children, conceptual domain
date published: 2010-07-19T20:04:45Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:42:02Z
provider: IUPUI
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: IUPUI

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property ID: Handle
value: https://hdl.handle.net/1805/2198

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property ID: DOI
value: 10.7912/C2/381