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Amin, Tamer G.; Jeppsson, Fredrik; Haglund, Jesper – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This special issue of "International Journal of Science Education" is based on the theme "Conceptual Metaphor and Embodied Cognition in Science Learning." The idea for this issue grew out of a symposium organized on this topic at the conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) in September 2013.…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Science Instruction, Schemata (Cognition), Science Education
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Close, Hunter G.; Scherr, Rachel E. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
We demonstrate that a particular blended learning space is especially productive in developing understanding of energy transfers and transformations. In this blended space, naturally occurring learner interactions like body movement, gesture, and metaphorical speech are blended with a conceptual metaphor of energy as a substance in a class of…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Learning Activities, Blended Learning, Energy