Concreteness fading provides embodied perceptual and physical experiences that can ground abstract thinking¶
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q1 i? A theoretical benefit of concreteness fading is providing embodied perceptual and physical experiences that can ground abstract thinking. → Fyfe 2014
Evidence¶
Fyfe 2014¶
Fyfe, E. R., McNeil, N. M., Son, J. Y., & Goldstone, R. L. (2014). Concreteness Fading in Mathematics and Science Instruction: a Systematic Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-014-9249-3
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Theoretical argument from the review's abstract, presented as the second of four theoretical benefits of concreteness fading: "providing embodied perceptual and physical experiences that can ground abstract thinking." The available text reports no empirical test of this benefit.
"providing embodied perceptual and physical experiences that can ground abstract thinking"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Concreteness fading helps learners interpret ambiguous or opaque abstract symbols in terms of well-understood concrete objects — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
- Concreteness fading provides advantages beyond the sum of the benefits of concrete and abstract materials considered independently — related
- Concreteness fading enables learners to build a store of memorable images usable when abstract symbols lose meaning — related
- Concreteness fading guides learners to strip away extraneous concrete properties and distill generic, generalizable properties — related
- Manipulatives Improve Math Learning — related
- Embodied collaborative construction can build shared geometric reasoning — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Returning to direct somatic experience can re-vision thinking and change perception (attributed to Reason) — related
- Physical Experience Enhances Science Learning — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
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Concreteness fading provides embodied perceptual and physical experiences that can ground abstract thinking |
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Concreteness fading provides embodied perceptual and physical experiences that can ground abstract thinking |
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