It's like...: using metaphors, similes, and analogies for helping students master difficult threshold concepts

Ian Needham

It's like... using metaphors, similes, and analogies for helping students master difficult threshold concepts

Ian Needham

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Using metaphors, similes, and analogies is a long-established tool for teaching difficult threshold concepts, the fundamental concepts of a subject which, once understood and mastered, become embedded in a person’s knowledge. It is specially important when teaching computer science, which is littered with technical, often abstract, and complicated threshold concepts. This article presents practical approaches together with some common examples covering several areas of the GCSE Computer Science curriculum.

Original language	English
Pages	56
Number of pages	57
No.	21
Specialist publication	Hello World
Publication status	Published - 31 May 2023

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It's like... using metaphors, similes, and analogies for helping students master difficult threshold concepts

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