The Concept-formation as Productive Thinking

Concept Formation 1 Concept Formation

Concept Decomposition as a Method of Concept Formation

formdticn is a simple form of inductive inference over a smalt set of attributes known in advance [2] m The attributes are sufficient to describe all oDJects in some universe of interest, A concept can be regarced as a function that partitions these objects into two categories* the "positive instances" and the "negative instances" of the concept. Concept formation takes place when a concept is ...

the differential effects of debate and media analysis as relate to enhancing efl learners critical thinking ability and writing performances

critical thinking ability has an important role in education. accordingly, scholars around the world are searching for new ways for teaching and improving students critical thinking ability. in line with the studies in efl contexts supporting the positive relationship between critical thinking and writing performances, this study investigated the differential effects of halverson’s critical thi...

The network concept of creativity and deep thinking. Applications to social opinion formation and talent support

Our century has unprecedented new challenges, which need creative solutions and deep thinking. Contemplative, deep thinking became an “endangered species” in our rushing world of Tweets, elevator pitches and fast decisions. Here we describe that important aspects of both creativity and deep thinking can be understood as network phenomena of conceptual and social networks. “Creative nodes” occup...

Productive Failure in Learning the Concept of Variance

In a study with 140, ninth-grade mathematics students on learning the concept of variance, students experienced either direct instruction (DI) or productive failure (PF), wherein they were first asked to generate a quantitative index for variance without any guidance before receiving direct instruction on the concept. Whereas DI students relied only on the canonical formulation of variance taug...