PERSPECTIVES IN WINE CONSUMPTION

Topological space involves relationships between parts of a single object or between an object and its immediate environment, continuously and independent of distances (Figures 3 and 4). Since a collection of elements in space may be exploded or contracted at will, conserving neither straight lines, distances nor directions, topological concepts do not lead to the construction of a stable system which relates components to one another, nor to a system of fixed relations between elements and space.2 Students who perceive spatial relationships with a topological perspective, often are unable to perform well in those tasks associated with quantitative or qualitative description, measurement or analysis of relative or absolute distances, height, area, or volume. Also students frequently perform poorly in the practical aspects of describing their own location relative to another reference point. Since the materials are intended for high school students, topological space percepts are assumed to be present and are used as the foundation for development.