Visualization: Theory and Practice in Science Education

External representations (pictures, diagrams, graphs, concrete models) have always been valuable tools for the science teacher. The formation of personal, internal, representations – visualizations – from them plays a key role in all learning, especially in that of science. The use of personal compu...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gilbert, John K. (Editor), Reiner, Miriam (Editor), Nakhleh, Mary (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
Series:Models and Modeling in Science Education ; 3
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Visualization: An Emergent Field of Practice and Enquiry in Science Education
  • Visualization: An Emergent Field of Practice and Enquiry in Science Education
  • The Nature and Development of Visualization: A Review of what is Known
  • The ‘Ins’ and ‘Outs’ of Learning: Internal Representations and External Visualizations
  • Comprehending and Learning from ‘Visualizations’: A Developmental Perspective
  • Seeing Through Touch: The Role of Haptic Information in Visualization
  • The Design of Units and Courses Focused on Visualization
  • Using External Visualizations to Extend and Integrate Learning in Mobile and Classroom Settings
  • Visualizing the Molecular World – Design, Evaluation, and Use of Animations
  • Engineering Instructional Metaphors Within Virtual Environments to Enhance Visualization
  • Teaching Chemistry with and Without External Representations in Professional Environments with Limited Resources
  • Learning with External Representations
  • The Educational Value of Multiple-representations when Learning Complex Scientific Concepts
  • Learning Chemistry Using Multiple External Representations
  • Representational Resources for Constructing Shared Understandings in the High School Chemistry Classroom
  • Visualization Without Vision: Students with Visual
  • When an Image Turns into Knowledge: The Role of Visualization in Thought Experimentation.