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Núñez, Rafael – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
The last couple of decades have seen an enormous development in the study of embodied cognition through the investigation of conceptual mappings, such as conceptual metaphor and conceptual blending. Initially, this progress was achieved at a theoretical level, and more recently through empirical research in basic science--from psycholinguistics,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Schemata (Cognition)
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Bedford, Felice L. – Cognition, 1995
Addresses two questions that may be unique to perceptual learning: What are the circumstances that produce learning? and What is the content of learning? Suggests a critical principle for each question. Provides a discussion of perceptual learning theory, how learning occurs, and what gets learned. Includes a 121-item bibliography. (DR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Style, Learning Processes
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Bloom, Paul; Markson, Lori – Cognition, 2001
Notes young children's fast mapping ability for word and fact learning. Finds children's extension of a new word to novel objects from same category but lack of extension for new facts, as replicated by Waxman and Booth, unsurprising. Poses more interesting question: is word learning done solely through more general cognitive systems or through…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Generalization, Learning Processes
Salomon, Gavriel – 1985
This paper examines the gap between the learning potentials that computers provide and the actual impact of computer use on learning and development. It is argued that the computer's unique potential is derived in part from four basic attributes: information, symbol systems, user activities, and relations with the user. It is hypothesized that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Epistemology
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Berthoff, Ann E. – College English, 1984
Assesses the hazards of models of cognitive development and the positivist views of language that support them. Considers how alternative views of language and learning can help develop a method of teaching that views reading and writing as interpretation and the making of meaning. (RBW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Communication Research, Comprehension
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Dykstra, D. I.; And Others – Science Education, 1992
Discusses (1) the need for teachers to understand student conceptions; (2) alternative conceptions that students formulate; (3) changing conceptions; (4) representing conceptual knowledge for studying conceptual change; (5) strategies for inducing change; and (6) a taxonomy of conceptual change. (Contains 61 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping
Kieren, T. E.; Pirie, S. E. B. – 1991
Given the current and widespread practical interest in mathematical understanding, particularly with respect to higher order thinking skills, curriculum reform advocates in many countries cite the need for teaching mathematics with understanding. However, the characterization of understanding in ways that highlight its growth, as well as the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Kohonen, Viljo – 1994
This article, in Section 1, describes language learning as learner growth or development in three interrelated areas: personal awareness, awareness of learning processes and task awareness. These are the three angles of a triangle that constitute the notion of school learning as learner education. The second section discusses how to promote the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Cognitive Mapping, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Context