Explain How Analogies Can Make Abstract Information More Meaningful to Your

question 39

Essay

Explain how analogies can make abstract information more meaningful to your students.

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Definitions:

Experimental Group

This is the group in an experiment that receives the variable being tested.

Control Group

In an experiment, the group that does not receive the treatment being tested, used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Placebo Treatment

A simulated or otherwise medically ineffectual treatment given to deceive the recipient for psychological or experimental reasons.

Random Error

Variability in data that arises due to chance and affects measurements in unpredictable ways.