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Tuba Demirci; Gamze Kocabas – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2025
This study explores the metaphorical perceptions of gifted students towards basic science concepts. A total of 210 gifted students participated in the study, which utilized a phenomenology design to reveal the metaphors used by students to describe the concepts of 'universe, living thing, matter, light, sound, electricity and environment'. A…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Figurative Language, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Miles, Sandra J. – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2022
To improve understanding of identities and inverses, and to provide a stronger foundation for future mathematics, Sandra Miles designed a two-part lesson that makes the relationship between identities and inverses explicit. This article illustrates Miles' teaching of the first part of the lesson, focused on addition and subtraction, and then gives…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 7, Grade 6
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Aydin, Sevim; Duman, Emel; Bertiz, Yasemin; Birisçi, Salih – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2022
In this study, it was aimed to investigate the change in the conceptual understanding of "artificial intelligence". For this purpose, the determination of the metaphors related to the concept of artificial intelligence in the stages before and after watching the artificial intelligence-themed computer-aided animation developed within the…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Figurative Language, Animation, Grade 5
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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
Yurdakal, Ibrahim Halil – Online Submission, 2019
To determine the perceptions of the students in primary school on important concepts / values in cultural, historical and social context is of great importance in determining the views of students about these values. In this regard, in this present study, it is purposed to determine the metaphorical perceptions of the 4th grade students on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Student Attitudes
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Cengelci Kose, Tuba; Gurdogan Bayir, Omur – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: Societies are facing several kinds of problems in the world today as chaos among the countries, conflicts between different groups, wars and diseases. It can be claimed that solving these problems is impossible unless societies care about humanistic cooperation, tolerance and peace. Individuals required developing fundamental…
Descriptors: Peace, Freehand Drawing, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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Celik, Harun – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2016
In science teaching, metaphors are important tools for understanding meaningful learning and conceptual formation by the help of daily life language. This study aims to evaluate how the concepts of heat, temperature and energy are perceived by students in secondary school science classes and how the perceptions of these concepts vary in terms of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction