An investigation of the effectiveness of using analogies in teaching and learning scientific concepts

Educators are constantly looking for effective teaching strategies, which can engender a favourable conceptual change in students within a constructivist paradigm. Teaching science with analogy could be one of such instructional strategies found effective in motivating students by providing them wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ballard, Florence Nesamony
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1572