There is, broadly speaking, an agreement within the international science education
community that comprehension of the nature of science (NOS) should be a key element in …

Este artigo apresenta uma ampla revisão da literatura nacional e internacional sobre
analogias no ensino de Ciências. Seus objetivos principais são: diferenciar as analogias de …

Neste artigo, nos propusemos a investigar:(i) as etapas que podem ser usadas para guiar a
proposição e o desenvolvimento de atividades de modelagem analógica no ensino de …

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the applying the cooperative learning
model and the modeling based teaching method together in teaching the subjects" Matter …

Critical thinking skills can be developed using a learning strategy. Analogy strategy is one of
the strategies designed for the passive students with low critical thinking skills. This study …

En este trabajo se efectúa un análisis sobre el conocimiento profesional deseable de los
profesores de ciencias acerca de las analogías como recurso educativo. Con tal fin, se …

The translation and adaptation of an assessment instrument into another language can be
problematic, due, among other reasons, to sociocultural differences. This proved to be the …

The creation and use of analogies play important roles in modelling. An analogy is created
when some aspects of an unknown target are compared with those of a source about which …

Teaching with analogies is an important pedagogy that helps learners construct abstract
conceptions through reasoning with something familiar. Heat concepts were chosen for this …

This article presents an analogy to illustrate the effect of surface roughness on surface
wettability. I used a water-filled balloon to represent water droplet, a toothpick to represent …