An Analogy on the Difference Between Boiling and Evaporation: A Strange Prison

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Kızılcık H. Ş.

PHYSICS TEACHER, vol.59, no.8, pp.648-649, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 59 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1119/10.0006919
  • Journal Name: PHYSICS TEACHER
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), INSPEC, DIALNET
  • Page Numbers: pp.648-649
  • Gazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Students may have some confusion understanding certain physical concepts and principles because of their abstract nature. Using analogies is one of the useful methods to help them more easily grasp abstract concepts to promote conceptual understanding. Bilalolu classified analogies in four groups: (a) simple analogies, (b) storified analogies, (c) gamified analogies, and (d) analogies made with painting. In storified analogies, it is attempted to teach an event, phenomenon, concept, or principle by using an oral or written story.