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ERIC Number: EJ643872
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Complex Instructional Analogies and Theoretical Concept Acquisition in College Genetics.
Baker, William P.; Lawson, Anton E.
Science Education, v85 n6 p665-83 Nov 2001
Investigates the role of complex instructional analogies on concept acquisition in an introductory college genetics course. An experimental treatment included complex instructional analogies. A control group received expository instruction alone. Finds significant differences in student achievement in favor of the experimental group. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Biology, Genetics, Higher Education, Science Education, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Analogies