It has frequently been argued that analogies may be valuable tools in teaching and learning
difficult scientific concepts (cf. Bauer & Richter, 1986; Gee, 1978; GobeL 1976; Klinger …

Over the past 20 years, there has been much research on how people learn from case
comparisons. This work has implemented comparison activities in a variety of different ways …

The study of chemical kinetics seeks to provide insights into how chemical reactions
proceed. Such studies may be divided into two groups. In the first, investigations deal with …

Bu çalışmanın temel amacı analoji kullanarak lise ikinci sınıf öğrencilerinin kimyasal denge
konusunu daha iyi anlamalarının sağlanması ve kavram yanılgılarının giderilmesidir …

This paper describes an analogy classification framework used with high school chemistry
textbooks. The framework takes into account aspects of past research into analogies in …

This study combines a critical analysis of analogies found in eight chemistry textbooks used
by Australian senior high school students with the views of the textbook authors about …

A goal of mine ever since becoming an educational researcher has been to help construct a
sound theory to guide instructional practice. For far too long, educational practice has …

To aid the explanation of abstract science concepts, authors of textbooks employ learning
tools such as analogies to help students learn. Analogies are believed to allow new material …

Recent research literature has highlighted the interest of both teachers and researchers in
using analogies to aid students' conceptual understanding. This appears to be especially …

This paper describes two studies which were designed to examine the effect of instructional
analogy training on the ability to identify the application of 10 advanced physiological …