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Direct linkPetchey, Sara; Treagust, David; Niebert, Kai – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Abstract concepts dominate university science teaching, and much of this content is taught without sufficient connection to students' prior knowledge or everyday experiences. As this can be problematic for students, the aim of this research was to determine the utility and effectiveness of a professional development module on using analogies to…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Figurative Language
Marcelos, Maria Fatima; Nagem, Ronaldo L. – Science & Education, 2010
Our objective is to contribute to the teaching of Classical Darwinian "Evolution" by means of a study of analogies and metaphors. Throughout the history of knowledge about "Evolution" and in Science teaching, tree structures have been used an analogs to refer to "Evolution," such as by Darwin in the "Tree of Life" passage contained in "On The…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Logical Thinking, Evolution, Science Education
