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Direct linkKlein, Perry D.; Piacente-Cimini, Sabrina; Williams, Laura A. – Learning and Instruction, 2007
This study examines the role of writing in learning scientific principles through analogy. Seventy-two university students observed two demonstrations concerning one of three topics: buoyant force of a fluid, projectile motion or forces internal to a system. Each composed an analogy on one of the topics through speaking-only, writing-only, or…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Motion, Memory, Misconceptions
