A Really Good Example Helps Learning About an Abstract Concept

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University students are often asked to learn abstract concepts. Abstract concepts hard learn. Giving specific examples can help learning These might limit understanding the similarities between domain and particular examples. The primary purpose of this study was test whether exposure multiple would lead better than a single example. Secondarily, we were interested in there any particularly effective Introductory psychology invited about concept semiotics, through either 1) three five distinct or 2) example presented times. We assessed definitions, transfer novel example, self-report. results showed no support for hypothesis that led learning. There was, however, one more memorable resulted have implications how best teach

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عنوان ژورنال: International journal for the scholarship of teaching and learning

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['1931-4744']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2023.17112