Using analogical mapping to assess the affordances of scale models used in earth and environmental science education

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6222 LNAI, Issue , 2010, Pages 112-124

  Kastens, Kim A ^a,b   Rivet, Ann ^b  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

analog model; earth science; environmental science; science education; spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; ANALOG MODELS; ANALOGICAL REASONING; EARTH SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; HADLEY CELLS; HIGHER ORDER; LAVA FLOWS; PHYSICAL ANALOG; SCALE MODELS; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SPATIAL COGNITION; STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORKS; SYSTEMATICITY; VOLCANO ERUPTIONS;

EARTH SCIENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MODELS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VOLCANOES;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 77957202678     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14749-4_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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