Download - The concepts
What is a
concept?
a cognitive unit of meaningan abstract idea or a mentalsymbol
concepts are mental representations
It emerges from abstraction
abstraction is a mental processwhen the things are not clear
beautiful flowers
red
concepts need phrases orsymbols to understand
Phrases or symbols needobservation
Or at leastvisualization
Social Studies is full of abstractions
Earth
Earth surface
Movements of Earth surface
Human skull
Sheet of rock
Great land masses
Icebergs
Interior of the Earth
Plates of the skullDon’t move
Scientists
Are you looking someabstractions on thispage
The terms are vague to the students
Can you decide it isdawn or sunset
Find the abstractions
Maps are very difficult to the students
There is an abstraction anda concept derived from thatabstraction. Please indicate
What is abstraction?
the basic needs of population
How are the conceptsinvestigated or created
Discussions
Students presentation