When concepts act concretely: Exploring the notion of conceptual concreteness in a novel mathematical domain

The information we seek to communicate to learners is often conveyed by symbols, and the symbols we choose may directly affect cognition independently of the instructional strategies that we apply. The current series of experiments investigates this claim from an information-based account of concret...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matthews, Percival Grant
Other Authors: Bethany-Rittle Johnson
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2010
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03302010-085208/