@psnively @rickasaurus But most brains are not wired for abstraction (except maths fans). E.g Wason selection task http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2005/05/02/cheating-on-the-brain/ …
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@dibblego@etorreborre@rickasaurus are insufficient in terms of teaching general concepts
@dom_dere @etorreborre @rickasaurus I assume you've met the student that tells you that specific examples help him/her? He/she is lying.
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@dibblego@etorreborre@rickasaurus I think specific egs have their place in that ppl need to learn how to go from general to specific -
@dibblego@etorreborre@rickasaurus But that means specific egs make good exercises
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@etorreborre@dom_dere@rickasaurus Well, it's just not true. I'm not sure what you might mean.
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@dibblego@dom_dere@etorreborre@rickasaurus Did you need to learn set theory in order to learn to count? - Show replies
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