Visualization in Science Education

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gilbert, John K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Models and Modeling in Science Education ; 1
• Subjects: Education.; Science education.; Science Education.

Visualization, meaning both the perception of an object that is seen or touched and the mental imagery that is the product of that perception, is believed to be a major strategy in all thought. It is particularly important in science, which seeks causal explanations for phenomena in the world-as-exp...