Standardeksempler

Standardeksempler are representative cases used to illustrate concepts, rules, or phenomena in Danish-language education and documentation. The aim is to make abstract ideas concrete, provide a stable reference point, and facilitate comparison across different contexts. They are chosen for clarity, typicality, and relevance, and they usually reflect common patterns rather than rare or exceptional situations.

Selection criteria include simplicity, familiarity, and transferability. Standardeksempler should be easy to understand, demonstrate the core idea without extraneous details, and be reusable for practice and assessment. In teaching materials they are often accompanied by explanations that generalize beyond the specific example and connect to underlying principles.

Applications span many disciplines. In linguistics, standardeksempler illustrate grammar rules with simple sentences; in mathematics, they present standard problem types and solution steps; in computer science, they show expected input–output behavior; in law or social sciences, they use typical case analyses to demonstrate reasoning processes.

Criticisms include the risk of oversimplification or unequal representation, and the possibility of teaching only a single perspective. Good practice uses standardeksempler alongside counterexamples, variations, or data from real-world settings to broaden understanding and avoid misleading generalizations.

See also: Eksempel; Undervisning; Pedagogikk.