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Direct linkChiu, Mei-Hung; Lin, Jing-Wen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
For the past two decades, a growing amount of research has shown that the use of analogies in science teaching and learning promotes meaningful understanding of complex scientific concepts (Gentner, [1983]; Glynn, [1989]; Harrison & Treagust, [1993]; Wong, [1993]). This article presents a study in which multiple analogies were used as scaffolding…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
