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Tecwyn, Emma C.; Mazumder, Pingki; Buchsbaum, Daphna – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Knowing the temporal direction of causal relations is critical for producing desired outcomes and explaining events. Existing evidence suggests that children start to grasp that causes must precede their effects (the temporal priority principle) by age 3; however, whether younger children also understand this has, to our knowledge, not previously…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Time Perspective, Influences, Attribution Theory
Anna van der Meulen; Mijke Hartendorp; Wendy Voorn; Felienne Hermans – Computer Science Education, 2024
Background and Context: In order to fully include learners with visual impairments in early programming education, it is necessary to gain insight into specificities regarding their experience of and approach to abstract computational concepts. Objective: In this study, we use the model of the layers of abstraction to explore how learners with…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Programming
Okten, Burcu Balaban; Dilaveroglu, Busra; Kudumovic, Lana; Salbacak, Salih; Yilmaz, Nazende – Online Submission, 2022
The basic design lesson is an introductory course that teaches students the fundamental principles of design, including elements such as form, space, scale, proportion, and composition. It is also an introduction to both concrete thinking and abstract one, which is rather about ideas and general thought. Abstraction is one of the steps ap- plied…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Design, Studio Art
Saeed Salimpour; Russell Tytler; Michael T. Fitzgerald; Urban Eriksson – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2023
Cosmology presents students with ideas that stimulate their curiosity and brings together various concepts from STEM that call on a variety of reasoning types across multiple representational modes, involving subtleties of spacetime relations, a variety of models and evidence requiring multiple lines of high precision observations. This study…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Thinking Skills, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts
Wang, Chia-Yu – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Teaching with analogies is an important pedagogy that helps learners construct abstract conceptions through reasoning with something familiar. Heat concepts were chosen for this study because they have an intangible nature and involve complex mechanisms that often challenge school-aged learners. Learning this kind of complex concept with analogies…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Science Instruction, Grade 8, Abstract Reasoning
The Sequence of Algebraic Problem-Solving Paths: Evidence from Structure Sense of Indonesian Student
Junarti; Zainudin, M.; Utami, Anita Dewi – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2022
The algebraic structure is one of the axiomatic mathematical materials that consists of definitions and theorems. Learning algebraic structure will facilitate the development of logical reasoning, hence facilitating the study of other aspects of axiomatic mathematics. Even with this, several researchers say a lack of algebraic structure sense is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Algebra, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction
Karam, Khaled Mostafa; Elfiel, Helmy – Creativity Research Journal, 2021
This paper argues that compression is a hallmark of creativity, demonstrating the effect of the process of compression and decompression on the cultivation of creative potentials. This study also suggests some cognitive strategies by which creative literary compression can be encoded and decoded in the light of some relevant theories. In order to…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Thinking, Concept Formation, Literature
Rodríguez-Cuadrado, Sara; Ojedo, Fernando; Vicente-Conesa, Francisco; Romero-Rivas, Carlos; Sampedro, Miguel Ángel Carlos; Santiago, Julio – Second Language Research, 2023
Several studies have explored the use of iconic gestures to improve the learning of foreign vocabulary. In this quest, words for abstract concepts have been largely neglected, under the assumption that abstract concepts have poor or non-existent sensory-motor representations. Yet, the Conceptual Metaphor Theory suggests that they are grounded on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sign Language, Foreign Countries
Ho, Hsin Ning Jessie; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
This research explored the interrelationship among Taiwanese high school students' conceptions of learning science (COLS), self-regulated learning science (SRLS), and science learning self-efficacy (SLSE). A total of 309 students participated in the study, and the self-report survey data were collected to measure these three constructs. Four COLS…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Concept Formation, Thinking Skills
AL-salahat, Mohammad Mousa Salem – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2022
Geometry is one of the basic areas of school mathematics education, and it is important for elementary students. However, students with mathematics learning disabilities (MLD) struggle with geometry learning. Research has demonstrated that concrete-representational-abstract (CRA) teaching is an effective practice for students with learning…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Ait bentaleb, Khalid; Dachraoui, Saddik; Hassouni, Taoufik; Alibrahmi, El mehdi; Chakir, Elmahjoub; Belboukhari, Aimad – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
We developed a Quantum Mechanics Conceptual Understanding Survey (QMCUS) in this study. The survey was conducted using a quantitative methodology. A multiple-choice survey of 35 questions was administered to 338 undergraduate students. Three experienced quantum mechanics instructors examined the validity of the survey. The reliability of our…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Physics, Undergraduate Students
Suryaningrum, Christine Wulandari; Purwanto; Subanji; Susanto, Hery; Ningtyas, Yoga Dwi Windy Kusuma; Irfan, Muhammad – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
Semiotics is simply defined as the sign-using to represent a mathematical concept in a problem-solving. Semiotic reasoning of constructing concept is a process of drawing a conclusion based on object, representamen (sign), and interpretant. This paper aims to describe the phases of semiotic reasoning of elementary students in constructing the…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Abstract Reasoning, Geometric Concepts, Concept Formation
Toma, Mohosina Jabin; Rahman, S. M. Hafizur – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2021
Analogical reasoning is a basic learning mechanism. Analogy in teaching science is a very popular pedagogical approach in many countries. The use of analogy is not recognized as one of the formal teaching learning strategies to facilitate students' science learning in Bangladesh. In secondary science teaching, teachers' unconscious and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
Cherdsak, Pakdeeviroch; Artorn, Nokkaew; Wararat, Wongkia – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
Designing pedagogical experience to serve as groundwork on which to build an understanding of abstract concepts is a challenging mission for educators. Much research has found that embodied activities could facilitate conceptual metaphor for students to understand such concepts. This study has captured the trajectory of reasoning occurred during…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Secondary School Students, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction
Faria, Ana Raquel; Viseu, Floriano; Gomes, Alexandra; Aires, Ana Paula – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2021
Due to their abstract nature, representation of mathematical concepts through different registers favors their understanding. In the case of ''sequences and regularities'', it becomes propitious the exploration of different registers of representation in the institution of topics, such as term, order, formation law, and generating expression.…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction