"Visualization in Science Education" draws on the insights from cognitive psychology, science, and education, by experts from Australia, Israel, Slovenia, UK, and USA. It unites these with the practice of science education, particularly the ever-increasing use of computer-managed modelling packages, especially in chemistry. The first section explores the significance and intellectual standing of visualization. The second section shows how the skills of visualization have been developed practically in science education. This is followed by accounts of how the educational value of visualization has been integrated into university courses in physics, genomics, and geology. The fourth section documents experimental work on the classroom assessment of visualization. An endpiece summarises some of the research and development needed if the contribution of this set of universal skills is to be fully exploited at all levels and in all science subjects.
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Professional and scholarly
Research
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Illustrations
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Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
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978-1-4020-5882-0 (9781402058820)
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The Significance of Visualization in Science Education.- Visualization: A Metacognitive Skill in Science and Science Education.- Prolegomenon to Scientific Visualizations.- Mental Models: Theoretical Issues for Visualizations in Science Education.- A Model of Molecular Visualization.- Leveraging Technology and Cognitive Tehory on Visualization to Promote Students' Science.- Developing the Skills of Visualization.- Teaching and Learning with Three-dimensional Representations.- Students Becoming Chemists: Developing Representationl Competence.- Imagery in Physics Learning - from Physicists' Practice to Naive Students' Understanding.- Imagery in Science Learning in Students and Experts.- Integrating Visualization Into Curricula in the Sciences.- Learning Electromagnetism with Visualizations and Active Learning.- Visualizing the Science of Genomics.- Visualization in Undergraduate Geology Courses.- Assessing the Development of Visualization Skills.- Evaluating the Educational Value of Molecular Structure Representations.- Assessing Learning from the Use of Multimedia Chemical Visualiztion Software.- Endpiece: Research and Development on Visualization in Science Education.
