This article is devoted to the problem of study metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics, conceptual theory metaphor. The deals with works such research scientists as Earl McCormack, G.Lakoff and M.Johnson, well Raymond W.Gibbs Jr., Dedra Gentner, Brian Bowdle, Lynn Cameron, Gilles Fauconier, Michael J. Reddy, David Pantner others. Definitions are given for two types metaphors: orientational ontologic...

Intelligent tutoring systems have been successful at increasing student mathematics learning, but may be further improved with the addition of collaborative activities. We have extended the Cognitive Tutor Algebra, a successful intelligent tutoring system for individual learning, with a reciprocal peer tutoring activity designed to increase conceptual learning. While using our peer tutoring env...

This paper describes two types of Conceptually Grounded Learning Activities designed to foster more robust learning in the Genetics Cognitive Tutor: interleaved worked examples and genetic-process reasoning scaffolds. We report three empirical studies that evaluate the impact of these learning activities on three diverse genetics problem-solving topics in the tutor. We found that interleaved wo...

A cognitive map is a graphical representation of mental beliefs of an underlined entity by an expert following a set of discursive representations from his own cognitive representation on a particular subject to help him to think about the presented reality. In This paper, first we briefly present the argumentation theory and the cognitive map model with its applications for decision problems. ...