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one that is representative of a group or class

one that is worthy of imitation or duplication

a closely similar case in existence or in the past

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an instance that warns or discourages prospective imitators

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an item of information that is typical of a class or group

punishment intended as a warning to others

a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding

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Arguments in favour of (for example) memory in plants are only arguments in favour of habit-memory, not of knowledge- memory.
Some knowledge of past events, for example what we learn through reading history, is on a par with the knowledge we can acquire concerning the future: it is obtained by inference, not (so to speak) spontaneously.
For example, a sound that we have just heard is present to us in a way which differs both from the sensation while we are hearing the sound and from the memory-image of something heard days or weeks ago.
A number of researchers examined the effectiveness of worked examples in classroom instruction (e.g.
Examples include the Teacherlibrarianwiki site hosted by Joyce Valenza, a librarian/blogger, from the Springfield Township High School in Pennsylvania to collect information from staff members, and the Moncrief Library Wiki in Texas, developed by freshmen at Fort Worth Country Day School to help other students learn to use library resources.
Twenty-six examples are provided to clarify the mechanics and interpretation of SCM and its related provisions; some may raise more questions than they answer.
Bach's works can attest to the huge and often abrupt change of emotions that occurs, as indicated by sudden dynamic shifts, shown in Example 1.
Using examples to motivate, initiate or illustrate a mathematical concept or object is a strategy that every mathematics educator employs.
Examples include the use of a more stable boiler water dispersant, for higher cycles and less boiler blowdown; or conversion to deposit control technology in recirculating cooling systems that tolerates higher dissolved solids, for less cooling tower blowdown, according to Johnston.
One limitation lies in the examples used to describe the methods.
The organization of lessons that use mental mathematics problems: Some more complex examples. By giving mental mathematics problems, the teacher deliberately limits the students' choices, excluding certain forms of activity.
A change of career can be the result of, by way of example; the direct canvassing of property owners in a posted "do not contact neighborhood" failure to observe fair housing legislation, or having failed to tread carefully through the minefield called "duel agency."
* Disclosures--General (includes examples of descriptions of organizations and general accounting policies, contingencies and other uncertainties, including going concern questions, related parties, use of estimates, comparative prior period information, foreign operations, accounting changes and sample management statement of responsibility)