It is important that natural science students are able to communicate their expert knowledge to laymen. Research shows however that not all students fulfill this demand, which might be due to the complexity of scientific language. One way of making natural science easier to understand, both to laymen and the students themselves, is to use popular scientific communication. The purpose of this study is to explore how rhetorical tropes (especially metaphor, personification, simile) in students’ popular scientific articles may influence the writer’s understanding of the subject matter. The study is based on Fauconnier and Turner’s theory, Conceptual blending (which I call “Begreppssyntes”), by which they argue that already existing knowledge is...
Utbildning och undervisning har förändrats genom tiderna och många olika redskap har använts. Digita...
Mastergradsoppgave i realfagenes didaktikk, Høgskolen i Innlandet, 2018.Norsk: Mange elever sliter ...
Curiosity is a complex concept that has been discussed in the field of psychology and also in the fi...
Science and technology are important parts of culture. Thus today there is a need for a science educ...
Titel: Det språkstimulerande klassrummet. En etnografisk studie med fokus på miljö, möjligheter och ...
Aim: Previous research has shown that the students' involvement in mathematics education is steadily...
A central part of the enculturation of new scientists in the natural sciences takes place in poorly ...
The aim of this dissertation was to contribute to domain-specific science learning at the university...
Syftet med denna artikel är att undersöka och förtydliga på vilka sätt elevers användning av första-...
The focus in this dissertation is on students’ interactions and science teaching practices in loosel...
This thesis studies students’ encounters with school science language games within the framework of ...
Dette doktorgradsarbeidet søker å utvikle kunnskap og innsikt om undervisnings- og læringsprosesser ...
This is a Master’s in Early Childhood Education from Oslo College, Norway. The main focus is the phi...
Sammanfattning/Abstract Jenny Walfridsson (2015). ”Man kan ju aldrig prata för mycket om det”. En ...
Masteroppgave matematikkdidaktikk MA502 – Universitetet i Agder 2017Inquiry-based teaching is charac...
Utbildning och undervisning har förändrats genom tiderna och många olika redskap har använts. Digita...
Mastergradsoppgave i realfagenes didaktikk, Høgskolen i Innlandet, 2018.Norsk: Mange elever sliter ...
Curiosity is a complex concept that has been discussed in the field of psychology and also in the fi...
Science and technology are important parts of culture. Thus today there is a need for a science educ...
Titel: Det språkstimulerande klassrummet. En etnografisk studie med fokus på miljö, möjligheter och ...
Aim: Previous research has shown that the students' involvement in mathematics education is steadily...
A central part of the enculturation of new scientists in the natural sciences takes place in poorly ...
The aim of this dissertation was to contribute to domain-specific science learning at the university...
Syftet med denna artikel är att undersöka och förtydliga på vilka sätt elevers användning av första-...
The focus in this dissertation is on students’ interactions and science teaching practices in loosel...
This thesis studies students’ encounters with school science language games within the framework of ...
Dette doktorgradsarbeidet søker å utvikle kunnskap og innsikt om undervisnings- og læringsprosesser ...
This is a Master’s in Early Childhood Education from Oslo College, Norway. The main focus is the phi...
Sammanfattning/Abstract Jenny Walfridsson (2015). ”Man kan ju aldrig prata för mycket om det”. En ...
Masteroppgave matematikkdidaktikk MA502 – Universitetet i Agder 2017Inquiry-based teaching is charac...
Utbildning och undervisning har förändrats genom tiderna och många olika redskap har använts. Digita...
Mastergradsoppgave i realfagenes didaktikk, Høgskolen i Innlandet, 2018.Norsk: Mange elever sliter ...
Curiosity is a complex concept that has been discussed in the field of psychology and also in the fi...