In recent decades, scientists have learned that the infant mind creates abstract representations of intuitive physics, psychology, and mathematics. (psypost.org)
He then switched to photo lab processed 35 mm photographs and created collages that took on a shape of their own, creating abstract representations of the scenes he had photographed. (juxtapoz.com)
That foundational understanding will aid them as they work with more abstract representations of fractions in later grades. (educationnext.org)