How should textbook analogies be used in teaching physics?

Analogies are suitable for teaching scientific concepts by comparing an unknown with a known. For this reason, they are widely used by textbook authors or science teachers for different aims such as introduction, clarification, or discrimination of new concepts. This study examines the analogies use...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nilüfer Didiş Körhasan, Mustafa Hıdır
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-02-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.010109