Teaching with analogies : friends or foes?

Harrison, Allan

Teaching with analogies : friends or foes?

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Allan Harrison

Analogies are creative explanation that help students visualize science concepts in terms of familiar objects and processes; analogies provided a framework for constructing new ideas and act as a source of inquiry science questions.

Funding

Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Editor

Harrison AG; Coll RK

Parent Title

Using analogies in middle and secondary science classrooms : the FAR guide - an interesting way to teach with analogies

Start Page

6

End Page

21

Number of Pages

16

ISBN-13

9781412913331

Publisher

Corwin Press

Place of Publication

Thousand Oaks, CA

Open Access

No

External Author Affiliations

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education; Not affiliated to a Research Institute;

Era Eligible

Yes

Number of Chapters

9

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Nature of science Inquiry Secondary Education Education not elsewhere classified

Licence

CQUniversity General 1.0

Teaching with analogies : friends or foes?

Funding

Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Editor

Parent Title

Start Page

End Page

Number of Pages

ISBN-13

Publisher

Place of Publication

Open Access

External Author Affiliations

Era Eligible

Number of Chapters

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Keywords

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