Modelling Learners and Learning in Science Education Developing Representations of Concepts, Conceptual Structure and Conceptual Change to Inform Teaching and Research /

• Main Author: Taber, Keith S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Education.; Science education.; Teaching.; Science Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

This book sets out the necessary processes and challenges involved in modelling student thinking, understanding and learning. The chapters look at the centrality of models for knowledge claims in science education and explore the modelling of mental processes, knowledge, cognitive development and co...

Table of Contents:

• Modelling learners and learning in science education
• Modelling mental processes in the science learner
• Modelling the science learner’s knowledge
• Development and learning
• Conclusion.