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Larsson, Andreas; Stafstedt, Matilda; Schönborn, Konrad J. – Contributions from Science Education Research, 2019
Thermal science is a perennial obstacle for learners. Infrared camera technology provides an opportunity for pupils to confront challenging thermal ideas. From an embodied cognition perspective, sensory experiences form metaphoric relations that underpin conceptualisation and reasoning about abstract scientific phenomena. This study investigated…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Elementary School Students, Children, Grade 4
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Pratt, Sarah S.; Lupton, Tina M.; Richardson, Kerri – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2015
As teachers seek activities to assist students in understanding division as more than just the algorithm, they find many examples of division as fair sharing. However, teachers have few activities to engage students in a quotative (measurement) model of division. Efraim Fischbein and his colleagues (1985) defined two types of whole-number…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Color, Teaching Methods