Part I: Theory formation and modeling in science education -- Modeling and the future of expert theory formation : the role of different model types and domain frameworks -- The nature of scientific meta-knowledge -- From modeling schemata to the profiling schema : Modeling across the curricula for profile shaping education -- Part II: Modeling and student learning in science education -- Helping students construct robust conceptual models -- The molecular workbench software: an innovative dynamic modeling tool for nanoscience education -- Lowering the learning threshold: Multi-agent-based models and learning electricity -- Engineering-Based modelling experiences in the elementary and middle classroom -- Engaging elementary students in scientific modeling: the models fifth-grade approach and findings -- Part II: Modeling and teachers' knowledge -- Relationships between elementary teachers' conceptions of scientific modeling and the nature of science -- Science teachers' knowledge about learning and teaching models and modeling in public understanding of science -- Teaching pre-service elementary teachers to teach science with computer models

1. Science -- Study and teaching