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Effects of Variation and Prior Knowledge on Abstract Concept Learning
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Braithwaite, David W.; Goldstone, Robert L. – Cognition and Instruction, 2015
Learning abstract concepts through concrete examples may promote learning at the cost of inhibiting transfer. The present study investigated one approach to solving this problem: systematically varying superficial features of the examples. Participants learned to solve problems involving a mathematical concept by studying either superficially…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Prior Learning, Problem Solving, Mathematical Concepts