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ERIC Number: EJ160455
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Mind Cycles and Learning
Samples, Bob
Phi Delta Kappan, 58, 9, 688-692, May 77
Discusses the four metaphoric modes of thinking (as opposed to analytic modes). These modes persist at all stages of cognitive maturity, yet there is a diminishing use of these modes, except symbolic abstract, in the schools as one goes up through the cognitive stages. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits, Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Development, Neurological Organization, Symbolic Learning, Teaching Methods
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