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ERIC Number: EJ366629
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Can Pupils Use Taught Analogies for Electric Current?
Black, David; Solomon, Joan
School Science Review, v69 n247 p249-54 Dec 1987
Discusses the use of analogies and models for teaching about electric current. Reports on a study in which one group of students used analogies to learn about electric current and one did not. Results indicate that, in this case, analogies did not play a significant role in student understanding. (TW)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Electric Circuits, Electronics, Foreign Countries, Models, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Language: English
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