A Really Good Example Helps Learning About an Abstract Concept
University students are often asked to learn abstract concepts. Abstract concepts are hard to learn. Giving specific examples can help learning abstract concepts. These examples might limit understanding to the similarities between the abstract domain and particular examples. The primary purpose of...
Main Authors: | Ava Funkhouser, Elena Nicoladis |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Georgia Southern University
2023-01-01
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Series: | International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
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Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol17/iss1/12/ |
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