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

• D'Angelo Masuh, Verónica ^[1]
  1. [1] Instituto Rosario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Educación. Argentina
• Localización: Revista de Psicología, ISSN-e 1669-2438, ISSN 2469-2050, Vol. 20, Nº. 39, 2024, págs. 44-73
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.46553/RPSI.20.39.2024.p44-73
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The Importance of Illustrative Examples in Learning Declarative Concepts
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  • español

    Se presenta una revisión narrativa y análisis de las investigaciones más relevantes en psicología cognitiva sobre el uso de ejemplos ilustrativos para el aprendizaje de conceptos declarativos (esto es, conceptos abstractos denotados por términos clave y definiciones cortas que se pueden aplicar a una amplia variedad de escenarios). Se analizan diferentes estudios, a saber: incorporación de preguntas en el texto, contraste entre estudiar definiciones y ejemplos o sólo definiciones, contraste entre estudiar ejemplos provistos Vs. ejemplos creados por el estudiante, ejemplos homogéneos Vs ejemplos con diversidad temática. Las conclusiones destacan que los ejemplos funcionan como objetivos primarios del aprendizaje. Se enfatiza la importancia de la diversidad temática.

  • English

    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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