..., teachers should give examples of what the concept is and what it is not. This is called Contrast. The intervention study reported in this paper aimed at elucidating this theory and put it to the test in the context of teaching Chinese characters. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a large...

... in student learning outcomes. Analysis focuses on examining one of the major claims in Variation Theory which is that “contrast should precede generalization” in order to explore if this argument is able to provide a possible answer to the difference in student performance in the two classes of students...