analogue

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An analogue is a second system compared with a first (the target system) when making an analogy

Example of use:

"Teaching then often involves finding analogues from students' own experience that can be used as conceptual hooks (sic) that can anchor (sic) new learning to something that is already understood" (Taber, 2013, p.1378)

Read about analogies in science

Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.