Metaphor and Cognition: Beneath the "Basics.".

Schwarz, Gretchen

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Publication Date: 1988

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Metaphor and Cognition: Beneath the "Basics."

Schwarz, Gretchen

English Journal, v77 n8 p32-33 Dec 1988

Contends that a metaphor can be a teaching tool, a way of explaining something so that students can better grasp and remember it. Asserts that teachers can improve their effectiveness by exploring the metaphors that educators live by. (MS)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, English Instruction, Higher Education, Metaphors, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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