Abstraction Gravity-From High to Low

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Concepts that need to be understood at two levels of abstraction may be time consuming. Introduce a concept at its highest level of abstraction then use reflection on the concept to link it to a lower-level abstraction.

Originally presented in Bergin et al. (2012)[1].


References

  1. Bergin, J., Eckstein, J., Völter, M., Sipos, M., Wallingford, E., Marquardt, K., Chandler, J., Sharp, H., and Manns, M.L. (2012). Pedagogical patterns: advice for educators. Joseph Bergin Software Tools.