Student Learning, Teacher Use of Teaching : Learning Empowerment Metaphors and Classroom Robustness: An Initial Investigation / Joseph G. Claudet and Chad D. Ellett.

Metaphors and metaphor usage infuse everyday classroom life, and student learning becomes affected and structured by the metaphoric constructs that teachers wittingly or unwittingly employ. This study is an initial inquiry into the nature of teacher use of metaphors in the classroom. The study attem...

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