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Karal, Yasemin; Karal, Hasan; Silbir, Lokman; Altun, Taner – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
Graphic symbols are commonly used across countries in order to support individuals with communicative deficiency. The literature review revealed the absence of such a system for Turkish socio-cultural context. In this study, the aim was to develop a symbol system appropriate for the Turkish socio-cultural context. The process began with studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Dictionaries
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Nunes, Terezinha – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
Explores two hypotheses about the effect of symbolic systems on psychological functions: (1) culturally elaborated systems of signs affect psychological functioning in a general way; and (2) systems of signs, when used to support skilled action, affect the organization of human activity. Reviews research that supports the second hypothesis. (LB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Cross Cultural Studies