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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0104-4060</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Educar em Revista]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Educ. Rev.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0104-4060</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Setor de Educação da Universidade Federal do Paraná]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0104-40602007000200009</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Entendeu, ou quer que eu desenhe?]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Valente]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tamara da Silveira]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
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<aff id="A09">
<institution><![CDATA[,UFPR  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>30</numero>
<fpage>131</fpage>
<lpage>144</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0104-40602007000200009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0104-40602007000200009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0104-40602007000200009&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Neste ensaio, busca-se discutir os aspectos figurativos e operativos envolvidos na construção dos conceitos científicos e, mais especificamente, o papel da imagem mental como suporte figurativo para o estabelecimento das relações lógicas implicadas na construção desses conceitos. Além disso, busca-se contribuir para a discussão da formação dos conceitos científicos em alunos do ensino superior.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The aim of this essay is to discuss the figurative and operative aspects involved in the construction of scientific concepts and, more specifically, the role the mental image, as conceived by Jean Piaget, plays in it. Furthermore, it searches to contribute to the discussion concerning the construction of scientific concepts formation in graduate students.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Aspectos Figurativos e Operativos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Imagem Mental]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Conceito Científico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Teoria Piagetiana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Figurative and Operative Aspects]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mental Image]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Scientific Concepts]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Piaget]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <h2>Entendeu,  ou quer que eu desenhe?</h2> <h3>Did you understand, or would you like me to draw it?</h3>     <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4>Tamara  da Silveira Valente</h4> </font>      ]]></body>
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