UN MONDE DANS UN GRAIN DE SABLE : MÉTAPHORES ET ANALOGIES DANS L’APPRENTISSAGE DES MATHÉMATIQUES

Abstract

Metaphors are not just rhetorical devices, but also very powerful cognitive tools. We can check through learning experiments that they help us, not only to learn new ideas, but also that they provide very efficient means to calculate. They have a bigger cognitive thrust than analogies, which are more familiar in didactics: A metaphor is an analogy that doesn’t warn you in advance! We present here concrete examples that bring grist to our mill…