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ERIC Number: EJ523745
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-5698
Using Analogy to Help Young Children Understand.
Newton, Douglas P.; Newton, Lynn D.
Educational Studies, v21 n3 p379-93 Oct 1995
Argues that, even for young children, analogies offer conceptual models for supporting the development of understanding. Compared children's understanding of current electricity after instruction with and without the inclusion of analogies. Children receiving the analogies exhibited a broader understanding, especially concerning the process of cause and effect. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Demonstrations (Educational), Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation, Intellectual Development, Learning Strategies, Schemata (Cognition), Science Education, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Alexander (P A); England