Visualization: Theory and Practice in Science Education

Introduction (John Gilbert, Miriam Reiner, Mary Nakhleh) Chapter 1. Visualization: An emergent interdisciplinary field of practice and enquiry in science educationJohn Gilbert Section A: The nature and development of visualization: a review of what is known Preface (Miriam Reiner) Chapter 2. The 'ins' and 'outs' of learning: Internal representations and external visualizationsDavid Rapp and Christopher Kurby Chapter 3. Understanding visualizations: A developmental approach with implications for science educationDavid Uttal Chapter 4. See through touch: The role of haptic information in visualizationMiriam Reiner Section B: The design of units and courses focused on visualization Preface (Mary Nakhleh) Chapter 5. Using external visualizations to extend and integrate learning in mobile and classroom settingsYvonne Rogers Chapter 6. Visualizing the molecular world: The design, evaluation and use of animationsRoy Tasker and Rebecca Dalton Chapter 7. Moon pie in the sky?: Engineering instructional metaphors within virtual environmentsDebbie Reese Chapter 8. Teaching chemistry with and without external representations in a professional environment with limited resourcesLiliana Mammino Section C: Learning with external representations Preface. (John Gilbert) Chapter 9. The educational value of multi-representations when learning complex scientific conceptsShaaron Ainsworth Chapter 10. Learning chemistry using multiple external representationsMary Nakhleh and Brian Postek Chapter 11. Representational resources for constructing shared understandings in the high school chemistryclassroomVera Michalchik, Anders Rosenquist, Robert Kozma, Patty Kreikemeier, Patricia Schank, Brian Coppola Chapter 12. Visualization without vision: Students with visual impairmentM. Gail Jones and Bethany Broadwell Chapter 13. When an image turns into knowledge: The role of visualization in thought experimentationMiriam Reiner and John Gilbert