A new study challenges the common practice in many classrooms of teaching mathematical concepts by using "real-world," concrete examples. Researchers found that college students who learned a ...

The zone of proximal development (ZPD), also known as the zone of potential development, is a concept often used in classrooms to help students with skill development. The core idea of the ZPD is that ...

This article is concerned with three main issues related to the use of positive and negative examples during instruction. The issues discussed are: sequence, quality, and quantity of positive and ...