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ERIC Number: EJ401761
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Cognitive Mechanisms in Learning from Metaphors.
Evans, Roberta D.; Evans, Gerald E.
Journal of Experimental Education, v58 n1 p5-19 Fall 1989
Theories--based on concretizing, assimilation, and structuring--of the use of metaphors in learning are assessed. Each is shown to predict different patterns of inferences and errors in problem solving. An experiment with 43 undergraduates involving college lectures indicated that structuring may provide the most important function of metaphors in learning. (TJH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Inferences, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Metaphors, Organization, Problem Solving, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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