La importancia de los ejemplos ilustrativos en el aprendizaje de conceptos declarativos

Verónica Sofía D’Angelo

doi:10.46553/RPSI.20.39.2024.p44-73

Authors

Verónica Sofía D’Angelo Instituto Rosario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Educación. Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3170-4313

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46553/RPSI.20.39.2024.p44-73

Keywords:

Cognitive psychology, Educational psychology, Instructional psychology, Concept formation, Declarative concepts, Illustrative examples

Abstract

A narrative review and analysis of the most relevant research in cognitive psychology on the use of illustrative examples for the learning of declarative concepts (that is, abstract concepts denoted by key terms and short definitions that can be applied to a wide variety of scenarios) is presented. ). Different studies are analyzed, namely: incorporation of questions in the text, contrast between studying definitions and examples or only definitions, contrast between studying provided examples Vs. examples created by the student, homogeneous examples Vs examples with thematic diversity. The conclusions highlight that the examples function as primary learning objectives. The importance of thematic diversity is emphasized.

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