An examination of types and usefulness of analogies generated by upper primary school students - A case study

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dc.contributor.authorMaharaj-Sharma, Rawatee
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-17T15:55:18Z
dc.date.available2012-04-17T15:55:18Z
dc.date.issued2011-12
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the nature, type, and usefulness of analogies generated by upper primary school students. It looks at the range of analogies upper primary school students generate and how they use them to develop conceptual understandings. Fifty-five Standard 4 students were asked to generate analogies during a science unit of work and to complete a Perceptions Questionnaire about the instructional utility of the analogies they generated. A number of different analogies were generated by the students and while many students indicated that analogies represented a fun and interesting way to learn science concepts, some of the students preferred the use of summaries and worked examples, and suggested that these were more effective in helping them to develop scientific conceptual understandingsen_US
dc.identifier.citationMaharaj-Sharma, R. (2011). An examination of types and usefulness of analogies generated by upper primary school students - A case study. Journal of the Science Teachers Association of Nigera, 46(2), 8-20en_US
dc.identifier.issn0795-7270
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/12711
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScience Teachers Association of Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectPrimary school scienceen_US
dc.subjectPrimary school studentsen_US
dc.subjectScience educationen_US
dc.subjectAnalogiesen_US
dc.subjectTeaching techniquesen_US
dc.subjectLearning processesen_US
dc.subjectCase studiesen_US
dc.subjectTrinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.titleAn examination of types and usefulness of analogies generated by upper primary school students - A case studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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