Asking students to identify an example of what something is—and importantly, what it isn’t—helps establish clarity and leaves ...

Vol. 69, No. 2, The Role and Use of Examples in Mathematics Education (Oct., 2008), pp. 97-109 (13 pages) In this paper we describe learners being asked to generate examples of new mathematical ...

When studying to become a math teacher, many teachers-in-training are taught to use concrete, real world examples to help illustrate mathematical concepts. New research, published in last week's ...