General Concepts First

	General Concepts First
Contributors	Astrid Fricke, Markus Völter
Last modification	May 15, 2017
Source	Fricke and Völter (2000)
Pattern formats	OPR Alexandrian
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Learning domain
Stakeholders

Start with teaching the general concepts, so that students can remember new, more detailed topics taught later more easy as they can associate these topics with the previously learned general concepts. In some cases it’s better to start with concrete examples^[1].

Context

Problem

Forces

Solution

Consequences

Benefits

Liabilities

Evidence

Literature

Discussion

Data

Applied evaluation

Related patterns

Similarities with Abstraction Gravity-From High to Low and Early Bird.

Example

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Fricke, A., & Völter, M. (2000). SEMINARS: A Pedagogical Pattern Language about teaching seminars effectively. In Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP 2000) (pp. 87-128). New York:ACM.

[Fricke2000-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Fricke, A., & Völter, M. (2000). SEMINARS: A Pedagogical Pattern Language about teaching seminars effectively. In Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP 2000) (pp. 87-128). New York:ACM.

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