Using conceptual metaphor and functional grammar to explore how language used in physics affects student learning

This paper introduces a theory about the role of language in learning physics. The theory is developed in the context of physics students and physicists talking and writing about the subject of quantum mechanics. We found that physicists’ language encodes different varieties of analogical models thr...

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Main Authors: Eugenia Etkina, David T. Brookes
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Physical Society 2007
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/6107c0bd4a5d46448d20d5ed5c526822
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