Textbook authors', teachers' and students' use of analogies in the teaching and learning of senior high school chemistry

This thesis reports a series of studies into textbook authors', teachers' and students' use of analogies to improve students' understanding of abstract chemistry concepts. The five research problems considered: (a) the nature and extent of analogy use in textbooks; (b) the views...

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Main Author: Thiele, Rodney B.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 1995
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2190