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ERIC Number: EJ411149
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Learning Concepts from Biology Text through Pictorial Analogies and an Analogical Study Guide.
Bean, Thomas W.; And Others
Journal of Educational Research, v83 n4 p233-37 Mar-Apr 1990
Findings from a study of 111 high school biology students indicate that students who received instruction combining a pictorial analogy comparing the cell to a factory and an analogical study guide displayed significantly better comprehension of this material than did their peers, whose instruction did not include the pictorial representation. (IAH)
Descriptors: Analogy, Biology, Cognitive Processes, High Schools, Learning Strategies, Study Guides, Teaching Methods, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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