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

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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
Subjects:	effectiveness of using analogies constructivist paradigm teaching and learning scientific concepts teaching strategies
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1572

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