Teaching Teachers to Use Analogies:
  Applications in Methods Courses

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The following is a listing applications of analogy-making that were implemented in methods courses taught by members of the research team who attended the Analogy Symposium held at NAU in the summer of 2004.  It should be noted that none of the group members implemented every application.

* Analogy Attitude Pre/Post Survey

* Analogies in Everyday Life – Video Clips

* 3 PowerPoint Presentations following up on Nature of Science
      PowerPoint#1: Analogies in Everyday Life
      PowerPoint#2: Analogies in Science
      PowerPoint#3: Teaching With Analogies

* Reading Responses
      Sutton (1993). “Figuring Out a Scientific Understanding”
      Wong, (1996). “Student's scientific explanations..”
      Hofstadter, (2000). “Analogy at the core of cognition”
      Venville, (1997). “Analogies in biology education..”
      Chiapetta, (2002). Science instruction in the middle and secondary..

* Classroom Discussions

* Categorizing Analogies in Everyday Life Homework Assignment

* "Generating Critical Questions Using Analogy" Class Demonstration

* Wong-Based Analogy Generation In-Class Exercise

* "Making Scientific Observations" Homework Assignment (secondary)

* Lesson Planning
      Teaching With Analogies Lesson Plans
      Mini-Teaching Lessons
      Small group field experience Lessons
      Virtual Field Trip Design
      Web based lesson design
      Unit Planning
      Assessment Strategy

* Structured/Unstructured Reflections