Learning abstract thinking

In the described situation, learning about morphological analysis, and particularly practicing building various morphological tables, naturally allows inventive engineers to develop their ability to deal with symbolic attributes and their values. For many engineers, this ability may be crucial in their careers. 

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Measures abstract thinking, learning from experience, problem solving, adjustment to new situations. Score less than 70 denotes mental retardation Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test... 

One reason why many of the ThinkerTools students are able to transfer what they know to novel contexts may be that whenever they think about the motion of an object, such as a bowling ball or a spaceship, they have learned to think in terms of abstract representations, such as its wake and its datacross. In other words, they have had practice at applying the same abstract representations to different contexts. The fact that they can apply such representations across different contexts may facilitate their understanding of the commonality of different force and motion situations. 

According to Kolb, experience is seen as an interaction or more as a transaction between a person and his environment. Abstract thinking is a product of conCTete experience rather than knowledge that can be learned from books and lectures. The four modes usually assembled in is called the experiential learning cycle. They are concrete experience (CE), reflective observation (RO), abstract conceptualization (AC), and active experimentation (AE). Learners must be able to involve themselves fuUy, openly, and without bias in new experiences (CE). They must be able to reflect on and observe their experiences from many perspectives (RO). They must be able to oeate concepts that integrate their observations into logically sound theories (AC), and they must be able to use these theories to make decisions and solve problems (AE). ... 

One area where conceptual understanding in chemistry is different from that in most engineering pursuits is the way we visualize systems. When chemistry is applied in its most powerful form, it provides multiple simultaneous ways to view problems, including the completely abstract perspective of atoms and molecules that will never be observed directly. Methods to visualize this level of chemistry provide an important tool in the way that chemistry is taught and learned. We can look at this aspect of learning chemistry by thinking about the refining of aluminum. 

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