Teenagers and Abstract Thinking: Unclear on the Concept?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Teenagers and Abstract Thinking: Unclear on the Concept?
Shawn Cornally, Edutopia RSS, March 6, 2013
Another of my early learning confessions: I had a terrible time with the whole concept of abstract reasoning when I was young. On reflection, I think it was because most of my learning was focused on the concrete: phonics and reading texts, mathematical operations, facts in science and history, and the like. More...