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Brown, David E.; Clement, John – Instructional Science, 1989
Discussion of students' prior knowledge and its effect on analogical reasoning focuses on four case studies of high school and college students that were designed to determine factors important for success in overcoming misconceptions via analogical reasoning. Explanatory models are explained, and abstract transfer versus explanatory model…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Analogy, Case Studies, Higher Education