Abstract

Two experiments examined the role of analogy in the development of a situation model of a target passage, specifically, whether an analogous source text could improve comprehension and inferencing about causal mechanisms in the target. Responses of analogy subjects were more likely to include given and inferred information that comprised the target causal mechanisms. (Contains 64 references.) (Author/AEF)

Citation

Clement, C.A. & Yanowitz, K.L. (2003). Using an Analogy To Model Causal Mechanisms in a Complex Text. Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 31(3), 195-225. Retrieved June 8, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/165626/.

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Keywords

• Analogy
• Causal Models
• comprehension
• Educational Research
• Experiments
• higher education
• Inferences
• instructional design
• Instructional Development
• Instructional Effectiveness