Using an analogy to model causal mechanisms in a complex text

Instructional Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-225

  Clement, Catherine A ^a   Yanowitz, Karen L ^b  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogical inference; Analogies; Comprehension of causal mechanisms; Science instruction; Situation models; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037265919     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023238902950     Document Type: Article

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