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Science 25 April 2008:
Vol. 320. no. 5875, pp. 454 - 455
DOI: 10.1126/science.1154659
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Education Forum

LEARNING THEORY:
The Advantage of Abstract Examples in Learning Math

Jennifer A. Kaminski,* Vladimir M. Sloutsky, Andrew F. Heckler1

Undergraduate students may benefit more from learning mathematics through a single abstract, symbolic representation than from learning multiple concrete examples.

1Center for Cognitive Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.

*Author for correspondence. E-mail: kaminski.16{at}osu.edu

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Another Interpretation for Learning Math
William McCallum
Science Online, 11 Aug 2008 [Full text]
Response to W. McCallum's E-Letter
Jennifer A. Kaminski, et al.
Science Online, 11 Aug 2008 [Full text]
Modulo 3 Means Something
Anne Watson
Science Online, 28 Oct 2008 [Full text]
Counterexamples and Concerns Regarding the Use of Abstract Examples in Learning Math
N. S. Podolefsky, et al.
Science Online, 2 Feb 2009 [Full text]
Response to N. S. Podolefsky and N. Finkelstein’s E-Letter
Jennifer A. Kaminski, et al.
Science Online, 2 Feb 2009 [Full text]

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