Using Analogies to Increase Student Interest in Science

Title
Using Analogies to Increase Student Interest in Science
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Taylor, Neil
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-319X
Email: ntaylor6@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ntaylor6
Coll, Richard K
Editor
Editor(s): Allan G. Harrison and Richard K. Coll
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Corwin Press
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks, United Kingdom
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:2640
Abstract
• 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.
Link
Citation
Using Analogies in Middle and Secondary Science Classrooms, p. 32-45
ISBN
9781412913331
9781412913324
Start page
32
End page
45

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