International Journal of Science Education, Volume 37, Issue 5-6 (2015)

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Conceptual metaphor and embodied cognition in science learning

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Conceptual Metaphor and Embodied Cognition in Science Learning: Introduction to special issue
Tamer G. Amin, Fredrik Jeppsson & Jesper Haglund
Pages: 745-758
Published online: 06 May 2015
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The Importance of Language in Students' Reasoning About Heat in Thermodynamic Processes
David T. Brookes & Eugenia Etkina
Pages: 759-779
Published online: 27 Mar 2015
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Varying Use of Conceptual Metaphors across Levels of Expertise in Thermodynamics
Fredrik Jeppsson, Jesper Haglund & Tamer G. Amin
Pages: 780-805
Published online: 27 Mar 2015
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On Conceptual Metaphor and the Flora and Fauna of Mind: Commentary on Brookes and Etkina; and Jeppsson, Haglund, and Amin
Bruce Sherin
Pages: 806-811
Published online: 27 Mar 2015
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Applying Conceptual Blending to Model Coordinated Use of Multiple Ontological Metaphors
Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Ayush Gupta & Edward F. Redish
Pages: 812-838
Published online: 07 Apr 2015
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Enacting Conceptual Metaphor through Blending: Learning activities embodying the substance metaphor for energy
Hunter G. Close & Rachel E. Scherr
Pages: 839-866
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Some Challenges in the Empirical Investigation of Conceptual Mappings and Embodied Cognition in Science Education: Commentary on Dreyfus, Gupta and Redish; and Close and Scherr
Rafael Núñez
Pages: 867-875
Published online: 01 Apr 2015
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An Analysis of Metaphors Used by Students to Describe Energy in an Interdisciplinary General Science Course
Rachael Lancor
Pages: 876-902
Published online: 26 Mar 2015
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Understanding Starts in the Mesocosm: Conceptual metaphor as a framework for external representations in science teaching
Kai Niebert & Harald Gropengiesser
Pages: 903-933
Published online: 27 Mar 2015
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From Stories to Scientific Models and Back: Narrative framing in modern macroscopic physics
Hans U. Fuchs
Pages: 934-957
Published online: 25 Mar 2015
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On the Significance of Conceptual Metaphors in Teaching and Learning Science: Commentary on Lancor; Niebert and Gropengiesser; and Fuchs
David F. Treagust & Reinders Duit
Pages: 958-965
Published online: 09 Apr 2015
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Conceptual Metaphor and the Study of Conceptual Change: Research synthesis and future directions
Tamer G. Amin
Pages: 966-991
Published online: 01 Apr 2015
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