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| Abstract Title: | Conceptual blending as a framework for modeling the coordinated use of ontological metaphors |
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| Abstract: | Intuitive reasoning and communication about abstract science concepts are often achieved through the use of ontological metaphors: metaphors about what kind of entity something is. Previous work has shown that both students and experts can productively coordinate multiple metaphors for energy, particularly energy as a substance and energy as a vertical location, and that this coordination can be modeled using the framework of conceptual blending. We apply this blending analysis to a group of students trying to understand the mechanism for atomic emission spectra. The students create a blended mental space that enables them to arrive at a conceptual resolution. The blended ontology is useful to these students in resolving their disagreement, and the blending framework is useful to researchers in understanding how the students did this. |
| Abstract Type: | Symposium Talk |
| Parallel Session: | Conceptual Blending as a Theoretical Framework in Physics Education Research |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Benjamin W. Dreyfus University of Maryland |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland Erin Ronayne Sohr, University of Maryland Jessica Hoy, University of Colorado Boulder |
