conceptual change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconceptualandchange
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conceptual
adjective
uk/kənˈsep.tʃu.əl/us/kənˈsep.tʃu.əl/
based on ideas ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofconceptualandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We know very little about the time-course ofconceptualchange: is it a trickle growing into a river?
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By contrast, there are other domains of thought in which children's theories would appear to undergoconceptualchange.
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Language is both fuel and product of overallconceptualchange.
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Unless aconceptualchangetakes place, the risk remains that the methodologically isolated forces would be inadvertently identified with the conceptually assumed forces.
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In the second case, perturbation theory brought about a fundamentalconceptualchangethrough the birth of quantum mechanics.
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Understanding theconceptualchangethat managed care represents is the first step to a responsible assessment of the motley guises of managed care.
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These findings suggest further possibilities of research for making connections between theory of mind acquisition andconceptualchangein representational understanding or information-processing abilities.
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Very few studies, however, provide empirical data on the extent ofconceptualchangethat occurs over time for action researcher teachers.
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There are three logical possibilities :conceptualchangemay occur hand-in-hand with, in advance of, or lag behind productive change.
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The introduction of structured states does not require anyconceptualchangein our translations.
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The secondconceptualchangeinvolved a further phase that entailed a reconfiguration of medical norms and developed in two distinct but related ways.
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The situation in operant learning - and, by the way, also inconceptualchangein science and culture - is even more revealing.
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We do not offer an analysis of three other possible examples of selection - the development of the central nervous system, social learning, andconceptualchange.
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There was aconceptualchangein the role of administrative agencies.
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How scientists think: on-line creativity andconceptualchangein science.
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The same justification applies toconceptualchange, includingconceptualchangein science.
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This represented aconceptualchangewhich was increasingly demanded by changing global needs.
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Conceptualchangeattends any reconstitution of the political world.
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The other adjectives used to modify variation arise in the context of selection inconceptualchange, but no one thinks that people, including scientists, are prescient.
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