Glossary C

Concept attainment is a term in Bruner’s system it refers to the process of discovering the attributes that identify members of a category. (see Concept formation.)

Concept formation is the process of classifying information into meaningful categories ; discovering that different classes exist, in Bruner’s system. (see Concept attainment.)

Concept mapping refers to: (1) The graphical display of concepts and their interrelations, useful in the formulation of theory ; and (2) A masculine technique for finding locations by logic and will, without asking for directions.

Conception is defined as the moment of fertilization, when a sperm penetrates an ovum, forming a zygote; the union of a sperm cell and an ovum that occurs when the chromosomes of each of these cells combine to form 23 new pairs. Moreover, Conception is the process of becoming pregnant; the process by which a sperm cell joins with an ovum to begin a new life.

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- Conceptual (similarity, taxonomic, nominal, categorical) Classification : Conceptual (similarity, taxonomic, nominal, categorical) Classification is a term in classification tasks, that refers to the grouping together of items based on similar category membership or shared function.

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Conceptual apraxia refers to a sub-type of Apraxia in which the knowledge of the action has been lost.

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Conceptual change movement refers to a discovery-oriented movement in education, highly compatible with Bruner’s theory, where the emphasis is on fostering discovery and mental reorganization rather than simply increasing the number of facts and procedures learned.

Conceptual knowledge refers to the knowledge that demonstrates understanding of general concepts.

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