Abstract Knowing how children become oriented to imaginary play can help educators in centres better support development. But this begins the first years of life is not well understood. How toddlers transform through their imagination concrete objects (such as accessories, figurines, and books) props (placeholders pivots) for conveying meaning, remains low. Drawing upon cultural-historical theo...

Along with ordinary utilitarian things, Seymа-Turbinо casters made technically advanced products devoid of pragmatic functions. Miniature copies full-size prestigious were found in graves and shrines. Probably, communities metalworkers treated these miniature tools as material symbols their group identification. Numerous finds Petrovka, Sintashta, Seymа-Turbino archeological sites mean that met...

Applicability of PGAA on pottery archaeometry has been proved in investigations of pre-Columbian figurines from Venezuela. PGAA is a non-destructive bulk analytical method, capable to determine concentration of majorand some trace components. We take part in the MÖB-DAAD project aimed to investigate Hungarian Neolithic pottery, and also in an IAEA CRP with more methodological objectives. Within...

The object of this research is the clay figurine an owl discovered in course archaeological excavations Yurtobor 9 hillfort on right bank Tobol River. goal lies introduction scientific discourse new unique sample small plastic, as well preliminary determination functional purpose item. following tasks were set: morphological and stylistic description item; context discovery figurine; establishm...

In recent years, computer programming has reappeared in school curricula with the aim of transmitting knowledge and skills beyond simple ability to code. However, there are different ways teaching this subject very few experimental studies compare plugged-in unplugged learning. The purpose study is highlight impact or learning on students' performance subjective experience. To end, we designed ...