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Direct linkAmin, Tamer G.; Jeppsson, Fredrik; Haglund, Jesper; Stromdahl, Helge – Science Education, 2012
Various features of scientific discourse have been characterized in the science education literature, and challenges students face in appropriating these features have been explored. Using the framework of conceptual metaphor, this paper sought to identify explicit and implicit metaphors in pedagogical texts dealing with the concept of entropy and…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Thermodynamics, Textbooks, Figurative Language
