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Applying Conceptual Blending to Model Coordinated Use of Multiple Ontological Metaphors
Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Ayush Gupta, Edward F. Redish
Energy is an abstract science concept, so the ways that we think and talk about energy rely heavily on ontological metaphors: metaphors for what kind of thing energy is. Two common…
Resource Letter TTSM-1: Teaching thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in introductory physics, chemistry, and biology
Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Benjamin D. Geller, David E. Meltzer +1
This Resource Letter draws on discipline-based education research from physics, chemistry, and biology to collect literature on the teaching of thermodynamics and statistical mecha…
A Vision of Interdisciplinary Education: Students' Reasoning about "High-Energy Bonds" and ATP
Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Vashti Sawtelle, Chandra Turpen +2
As interdisciplinary courses are developed, instructors and researchers have to grapple with questions of how students should make connections across disciplines. We explore the is…