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Xue, Song; Sun, Daner; Zhu, Liying; Huang, Hui-Wen; Topping, Keith – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022
Analogies and modelling have been developed and applied in learning and teaching science to facilitate students' understanding of abstract concepts, such as atomic structure. Considering few studies focus on comparing the effects of two teaching strategies--analogy-based teaching (ABT) and modelling-based teaching (MBT)--this study aims to compare…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Logical Thinking, Models
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Kao, Jacqueline Y.; Yang, Min-Han; Lee, Chi-Young – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Neo magnets are neodymium magnet beads that have been marketed as a desktop toy. We proposed using neo magnets as an alternative building block to traditional ball-and-stick models to construct carbon allotropes, such as fullerene and various nanocone structures. Due to the lack of predetermined physical connections, the versatility of carbon…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Magnets, Demonstrations (Educational), Undergraduate Students