The Mechanism of Experience, Representation, and Verbal Reasoning on the Visually Impaired Individuals

DOI

10.2991/icei-19.2019.43How to use a DOI?

Keywords

experience; verbal reasoning; visual impairment; representation

Abstract

This study aimed to explain the mechanism of experience, representation, and verbal reasoning on people with visual impairment. The methods used in this study were focused group discussion (FGD), interview, and think-aloud. The result of this study showed that participants often used concrete versus abstract comparison to explain their difficulties in understanding and verbal reasoning; however, the term concrete often refers to something they could immediately experience, while abstract means something that requires visual information. Some concepts may be abstract, but it can be understood if it is related to their personal experience. Concrete and abstract therefore, is a way to describe the limitation of the participant’s mental representation of object. It is also suggested that early experience on childhood is the primary foundation for the future object representation that determines one’s ability in abstract concept formation.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Siti Ina Savira
AU  - Hermien Laksmiwati
AU  - Wagino
PY  - 2019/12
DA  - 2019/12
TI  - The Mechanism of Experience, Representation, and Verbal Reasoning on the Visually Impaired Individuals
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Education Innovation (ICEI 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 102
EP  - 106
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icei-19.2019.43
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