?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Modeling+the+perceptual+component+of+conceptual+learning%E2%80%94A+coordination+perspective&rft.creator=Clancey%2C+William+J.&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Although+a+picture+may+be+worth+a+thousand+words%2C+modeling+diagrams+as+propositions+and+modeling+visual+processing+as+search+through+a+database+of+verbal+descriptions+obscures+what+is+problematic+for+the+learner.+Cognitive+modeling+of+language+learning+and+geometry+has+obscured+the+learner's+problem+of+knowing+where+to+look%E2%80%94what+spaces%2C+markings%2C+and+orientations+constitute+the+objects+of+interest%3F+Today+we+are+launching+into+widespread+use+of+multimedia+instructional+technology%2C+without+an+adequate+theory+to+relate+perceptual+processes+to+conceptual+learning.+Does+this+matter%3F+In+this+article%2C+I+review+the+symbolic+approach+to+modeling+perceptual+processing+and+show+its+limitations+for+explaining+difficulties+children+encounter+in+interpreting+a+graphic+display.+I+present+an+alternative+analysis+by+which+perceptual+categorization+is+coupled+to+behavior+sequences%2C+where+gesturing+and+emotional+changes+are+essential+for+resolving+impasses+and+breaking+out+of+loops.+I+conclude+by+asking+what+kind+of+cognitive+theory+we+need+to+exploit+communication+technology.+Have+we+been+correct+to+assume+that+pedagogy+must+be+grounded+in+an+accurate+psychological+model+of+knowledge%2C+memory%2C+and+learning%3F&rft.publisher=Lawrence+Erlbaum+Associates&rft.contributor=G%C3%A4rdenfors%2C+P&rft.contributor=Johansson%2C+P&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3968%2F1%2FCECT2000Clancey.pdf&rft.identifier=++Clancey%2C+William+J.++(2004)+Modeling+the+perceptual+component+of+conceptual+learning%E2%80%94A+coordination+perspective.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3968%2F