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ERIC Number: EJ679231
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
Metaphors in the Learning of Science: A Discourse Focus.
Cameron, Lynne
British Educational Research Journal, v28 n5 p673 88 Oct 2002
Analyzes and compares children's interpretations of metaphors used in a science text and their teacher's use of explanatory metaphor to identify key processes in metaphor understanding and to suggest factors that contribute to successful use of metaphor in learning science. Adopts a Vygotskian socio cognitive approach to metaphor in discourse. (BT)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Metaphors, Sciences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Vygotsky (Lev S)
Note: The British Educational Research Journal is a refereed journal. Theme Issue: Subject Knowledge and Application.