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Suthisung, Nisara – Journal of Education and Learning, 2014
The distinction between procedural and conceptual learning has long been a topic of discussion in mathematics education and the idea of compression into thinkable concepts that enable the individual make links between them (Tall, 2007). In addition to, the compression to thinkable concept was to be thinking mechanism arising naturally and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods
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Cardany, Audrey Berger – General Music Today, 2013
Language and music literacy share a similar process of understanding that progresses from sensory experience to symbolic representation. The author identifies Bruner’s modes of understanding as they relate to using narrative in the music classroom to enhance music reading at iconic and symbolic levels. Two sound stories are included for…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Reading, Music Techniques, Classroom Techniques
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Sotiropoulou-Zormpala, Marina – Art Education, 2012
This article examines how it is possible to use the aesthetic process to enrich teaching practices in preschool and elementary school education. What is under scrutiny is the aesthetic dimension of a core curricular subject, the ultimate goal being to achieve an understanding of curricular content through aesthetic learning processes. For this…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Aesthetics, Teaching Methods, Class Activities
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Neumann, Michelle M.; Hood, Michelle; Ford, Ruth M.; Neumann, David L. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2012
Young children are surrounded by environmental print on a daily basis. Through their visual exploration of environmental print, coupled with sociocultural experiences, children gain valuable semantic and symbolic knowledge as they make sense of their world. The aim of this review is to examine the question of whether environmental print has value…
Descriptors: Young Children, Emergent Literacy, Reading Skills, Printed Materials
Williams, Monica G. – Online Submission, 2008
Improving academic achievement is at the heart of college and university fund development. It has become increasingly important for fundraisers in educational settings to find innovative means to improve educational opportunities by increasing the institution's financial resources. The purpose of this article is to discuss the benefits of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Private Financial Support, Holistic Approach, Symbolic Learning
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Thow-Yick, Liang – Information Processing & Management, 1998
Refines the basic entity model of information theory and extends it to analyze mathematically the physical symbol transformation characteristics, as well as energy-matter and cognition phenomena occurring in the human mind. Reviews existing theories; examines physical symbol subsystem, cognitive perspective, energy-matter subsystem; and discusses…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Epistemology, Information Seeking, Information Theory
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Ling, Charles X.; Marinov, Marin – Cognitive Science, 1994
Challenges Smolensky's theory that human intuitive/nonconscious cognitive processes can only be accurately explained in terms of subsymbolic computations in artificial neural networks. Symbolic learning models of two cognitive tasks involving nonconscious acquisition of information are presented: learning production rules and artificial finite…
Descriptors: Grammar, Intuition, Learning Processes, Mathematical Formulas
Voyat, Gilbert – New York University Education Quarterly, 1982
Explores the role of symbolic play in the cognitive and psychic development of the normal child and describes the autistic child. Reviews a model treatment program for autism developed at the City College of New York, discussing the therapeutic role of symbolic play in that model. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Cognitive Development, Imagination
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Siegler, Robert S. – American Psychologist, 2005
A new field of children's learning is emerging. This new field differs from the old in recognizing that children's learning includes active as well as passive mechanisms and qualitative as well as quantitative changes. Children's learning involves substantial variability of representations and strategies within individual children as well as…
Descriptors: Children, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Models
Bower, B. – Science News, 1987
Discusses the findings of a recent study concerning the ability of an infant to see an object as a symbol. Reports that infants between 36 and 39 months old significantly outperformed informed infants between 30 and 32 months old on a symbolic task. (TW)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Imagery
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DeLoache, Judy S. – Science, 1987
Reports on a study in which the symbolic relation between a scale model and the larger space that it represents was displayed by two groups of young children. Three-year-old children outperformed 2.5-year-olds in finding an object in a room after seeing an analogous object hidden in a model. (TW)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Imagery
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Clippinger, Dorinda A. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1979
Focusing on the ST-ART shorthand theory presentation method, this article discusses the following principles of language-motor skill acquisition: mental practice, symbol-sound association, verbal mediation, recitation and articulation, hierarchy of habits, overlearning, learner anxiety, sense modality, guided practice, kinesthetic imagery, visual…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Language Processing, Learning Activities, Learning Processes
Miller, Karen – Child Care Information Exchange, 2002
Describes how infants and toddlers learn to use action, object, picture, and word symbols, and offers suggestions for educators and caregivers to facilitate symbol use. Discusses how adults can introduce books to young children and enhance the symbolic aspect of the care and education program. (KB)
Descriptors: Books, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Childrens Literature
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Bain, Bruce; Yu, Agnes – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1991
Debates the merits of the claim that "symbolic technologies push cognitive growth earlier and longer." The results of an assessment are presented that involved three adult male peasants (two literate, one nonliterate) living in rural China and their ability to recall the text of "The Lonesome Opossum." (25 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
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McMullen, Mary Benson – Young Children, 1998
Discusses development of symbolic thinking in toddlers as a step in language acquisition and skill development. Examines means of encouraging this symbolic problem solving, such as setting the stage for problems, helping children plan problem-solving strategies, and encouraging children in self-evaluating their skills. Examines development of…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Literacy Education
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