Enhancing the Comprehension of Science Text through Visual Analogies

Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2910-2915

  Matlen, Bryan J ^a   Vosniadou, Stella ^b   Jee, Benjamin D ^c   Ptouchkina, Maria ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogy; Cognitive Development; Geoscience Education; Instruction; Science Education

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS;

ANALOGY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPREHENSION OF SCIENCE TEXTS; CONDITION; GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION; INSTRUCTION; SCIENCE EDUCATION; TARGET CONCEPT; TARGET PICTURE; VISUAL ANALOGIES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85013035592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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