Model Based Learning and Instruction in Science

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Clement, John J. (Editor), Rea-Ramirez, Mary Anne (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Models and Modeling in Science Education ; 2
• Subjects: Education.; Science education.; Teaching.; Learning & Instruction.; Science Education.; Popular Science in Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Education, general.

This book describes new, model based teaching methods for science instruction. It presents research that describes these new methods in a very diverse group of settings: middle school biology, high school physics, and college chemistry classrooms. Mental models in these areas such as understanding t...