Motor Oil For Learning

a: An analogy ~
b: a lubricant for your concepts

What: There is much written about how analogy is an essential part of how humans learn and think. In a teaching context, analogies help to extend a students current concepts. In some ways, they help a concept slide into another space, helping a student to process and assimilate new information.

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Writer: LucretiaGemanica
LCC: LB
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Feb 8 2012 5:10 PM


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