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Using Analogies to Increase Student Interest in Science |
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Editor(s): Allan G. Harrison and Richard K. Coll |
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Thousand Oaks, United Kingdom |
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• Much of our thinking is done in pictures, and even young students have vivid imaginations that help them see objects, stories, and situations in their mind's eyes. • Adults and students enjoy making sense of new situations by seeing problems and scenarios in everyday terms. • An additional value of analogy and analogies is that they are often used to raise interest in stories and jokes. • Learning about nonobservable phenomena in science is enhanced when we can see and think about objects and processes in terms of everyday objects and events. |
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Using Analogies in Middle and Secondary Science Classrooms, p. 32-45 |
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