Title | Developing Models in Science Education [electronic resource] / edited by John K. Gilbert, Carolyn J. Boulter |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0876-1 |
Descript | XI, 387 p. online resource |
Section One: On the Nature and Significance of Models -- 1. Positioning Models in Science Education and in Design and Technology Education -- 2. Science and Education: Notions of Reality, Theory and Model -- 3. Constructing a Typology of Models for Science Education -- 4. Mathematical Models in Science -- Section Two: The Development of Mental Models -- 5. Grasping Mental Models -- 6. Investigating the Role of Representations and Expressed Models in Building Mental Models -- 7. Modelling and Creativity in Design and Technology Education -- 8. Thought Experiments and Embodied Cognition -- 9. Computers and the Development of Mental Models -- Section Three: Teaching and Learning Consensus Models -- 10. Explanations with Models in Science Education -- 11. Teaching with Historical Models -- 12. Models in Explanations of Chemistry: The Case of Acidity -- 13. Models in the Explanations of Physics: The Case of Light -- 14. The Role of Models in Biotechnology Education: An Analysis of Teaching Models -- 15. Language, Models and Modelling in the Primary Science Classroom -- 16. Teaching and Learning about Chemistry and Modelling with a Computer Managed Modelling System -- 17. The Structure and Development of Science Teachersโ Pedagogical Models: Implications for Teacher Education -- 18 Challenges and Opportunities -- References