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VISUALIZATION IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
Models and Modeling in Science Education
VOLUME 1
Series Editor: Professor J. K. Gilbert Institute of Education
UK
Editorial Board: Professor D.F. Treagust Science and Mathematics Education Centre
Australia
Assoc. Professor J.H. van Driel ICLON University of Leiden The Netherlands
Dr. Rosária Justi Department of Chemistry University of Minas Gerais Brazil
Dr. Janice Gobert The Concord Consortium USA
The University of Reading
Curtin University of Technology
Visualization in Science Education
Edited by
JOHN K. GILBERTThe University of Reading, UK
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Colour Section ix
Appendices to Chapter 13 xxxiii
Introduction 1
Section A: The significance of visualization in science education 7
1. Visualization: A metacognitive skill in science and science
education 9
John K. Gilbert
2. Prolegomenon to scientific visualization 29
Barbara Tversky, Stanford University, USA
3. Mental Models: Theoretical issues for visualizations in
science education 43
David Rapp, University of Minnesota, USA
4. A model of molecular visualization 61
Michael Briggs, George Bodner
5. Grasping leveraging technology and cognitive theory on 73
visualization to promote students' learning
Janice D Gobert
Section B: Developing the skills of visualization 91
6. Teaching and learning with three-dimensional
representations 93
Mike Stieff, Robert Bateman, David Uttal
7. Modelling students becoming chemists: Developing
representational competence 121
Robert Kozma, Joel Russell
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8. Imagery in physics: From physicists' practice to naïve
students' learning 147
Galit Botzer, Miriam Reiner
9. Imagery in science learning in students and experts 169
John Clement, Aletta Zietsman, James Monaghan
Section C: Integrating visualization into curricula in the 185
sciences
10. Learning electromagnetism with visualization and
active learning 187
Yehudit Judy Dori, John Belcher
11. Teaching visualizing the science of genomics 217
Kathy Takayama
12. Models visualization in undergraduate geology courses 253
Stephen J Reynolds, Julia K Johnson, Michael D Piburn,
Debra E Leedy, Joshua A Coyan, Melanie M Busch
Section D: Assessing the development of visualization skills 267
13. Evaluating the educational value of molecular structure
representations 269
Vesna Ferk Savec, Margareta Vrtacnik, John K Gilbert
14. Assessing the learning from multi-media packages in
chemical education 299
Joel Russell, Robert Kozma
Endpiece: Future research and development on visualization
in science education 333
John K. Gilbert
About the Author 337
Index 343
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Editor and the Authors would like to thank Mrs. Helen Apted for her excellent work in meeting the diverse challenges of the template and pagination to bring this book together as a coherent whole.
Some authors have thanked specific sponsors. These statements are made at the end of the relevant chapters.
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Chapter 5 (figure on p. 85).
Chapter 5 (figure on p. 86).
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Fischer Projection Ball and Stick Model
Chapter 6 - Figure 1 (p. 95).
Chapter 6 - Figure 2 (p. 98).
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Chapter 6 - Figure 3 (p. 99).
Chapter 6 - Figure 4 (p. 100).
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R-alanine
Chapter 6 - Figure 5 (p. 102).
Chapter 6 - Figure 6 (p. 107).
Chapter 6 - Figure 7 (p.108).
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Chapter 6 - Figure 8 (p. 115).
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Chapter 11 - Figure 4 (p. 226).
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Chapter 11 - Figure 5 (p. 228).
Chapter 11 - Figure 6 (p. 230).
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Chapter 11 - Figure 7 (p. 232).
Chapter 11 - Figure 8 (p. 236).
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Chapter 11 - Figure 9 (p. 238).
Chapter 11 - Figure 10 (p.240).
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Chapter 11 - Figure 11 (p. 241).
Chapter 11 - Figure 12 (p. 243).
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Chapter 11 - Figure 13 (p. 244).
Chapter 11 - Figure 14 (p. 246).
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Chapter 12 - Figure 1 (p. 254).
Chapter 12 - Figure 2 (p. 257).
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Chapter 12 - Figure 3 (p. 258).
Chapter 12 - Figure 4 (p. 259).
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Chapter 12 - Figure 5 (p. 260).
Chapter 12 - Figure 6 (p. 260).
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Chapter 12 - Figure 7 (p. 261).
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Chapter 12 - Figure 8 (p. 262).
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Chapter 12 - Figure 9 (p. 263).
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Chapter 14 - Figure 1 (p. 301).
Chapter 14 - Figure 2 (p. 302).
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Chapter 14 - Figure 3 (p. 305).
Chapter 14 - Figure 4 (p. 308).
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Chapter 14 - Figure 5 (p. 311).
Chapter 14 - Figure 6 (p. 313).
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Chapter 14 - Figure 7 (p. 316).
Chapter 14 - Figure 8 (p. 316).
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Chapter 14 - Figure 9 (p. 318).
Chapter 14 - Figure 10 (p. 319).
Chapter 14 - Figure 11 (p. 320).
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Chapter 14 - Figure 12 (p. 324).