There is mixed evidence as to whether concrete manipulatives (e.g., toy animals) are better than abstract counters) for teaching mathematical concepts children. Concreteness defined the amount of extraneous information a manipulative provides, and in this study we aimed unpick which dimensions concreteness influence choice. Researchers, teachers, parents completed comparative judgment task comp...

The experimental research, presented in this study, focuses on athletic tests with the purpose to highlight elastic deformations of bones lower limbs, intending verify whether manually treated anatomical structure increases elasticity, becoming able accumulate more energy loading phase, then release it final phase thrust. Introduction: Too often neglected, bone tissue is capable deforming. defo...