Multiple Representations in Biological Education

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Treagust, David F. (Editor), Tsui, Chi-Yan. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Models and Modeling in Science Education, 7
• Subjects: Education.; Science > Study and teaching.; Science Education.; Learning & Instruction.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4192-8

This new publication in the Models and Modeling in Science Education series synthesizes a wealth of international research on using multiple representations in biology education and aims for a coherent framework in using them to improve higher-order learning. Addressing a major gap in the literature...

Table of Contents:

• FOREWORD, Kathleen Fisher
• PREFACE , David F. Treagust and Chi-Yan Tsui
• Introduction to Multiple Representations: Their Importance in Biology and Biological Education, Chi-Yan Tsui and David F. Treagust
• PART I : Role of Multiple Representations in Learning Biology
• Chapter 1 Identifying and Developing Students<U+0019> Ability to Reason with Concepts and Representations in Biology, Trevor R. Anderson, Konrad J. Schn̲born, Lynn du Plessis, Abindra S. Gupthar, and Tracy L. Hull
• Chapter 2 Pictures in Biology Education, Wolff-Michael Roth and Lilian Pozzer-Ardenghi
• Chapter 3 Possible Constraints of Visualization in Biology: Challenges in Learning with Multiple Representations, Billie Eilam
• Chapter 4 Promoting the Collaborative Use of Cognitive and Metacognitive Skills through Conceptual Representations in Hypermedia, Lei Liu and Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver
• Chapter 5 Learning and Teaching Biotechnological Methods Using Animations, Hagit Yarden and Anat Yarden
• PART II: Implications for Biology Teaching and Teacher Education with Multiple Representations
• Chapter 6 Experts<U+0019> Views on Translation across Multiple External Representations in Acquiring Biological Knowledge about Ecology, Genetics, and Evolution, Konrad J. Schn̲born and Susanne Bg̲eholz
• Chapter 7 Evolution is a Model, Why Not Teach It That Way?, Paul Horwitz
• Chapter 8 Multiple Representations of Human Genetics in Biology Textbooks, Pierre Clm̌ent and Jřm̌y Castřa
• Chapter 9 Deconstructing and Decoding Complex Process Diagrams in University Biology, Phyllis B. Griffard
• Chapter 10 Learning Tree Thinking: Developing a New Framework of Representational Competence, Kristy L. Halverson and Patricia Friedrichsen
• Chapter 11 Understanding Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration: Encouraging a View of Biological Nested Systems, Rene ̌Schwartz and Mary Brown
• Chapter 12 Scientific Models in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Research and in the Biology Curriculum, Siu Ling Wong, Maurice M. W. Cheng, and Valerie W
• Y. Yip
• PART III Assessment of Learning and Teaching with Multiple Representations
• Chapter 13 Supporting and Assessing Complex Biology Learning with Computer-based Simulations and Representations, Barbara C. Buckley
• Chapter 14 Secondary Students<U+0019> Understanding of Genetics Using BioLogica: Two Case Studies, Chi-Yan Tsui and David F. Treagust
• Chapter 15 The Hidden Hand that Shapes Conceptual Understanding: Choosing Effective Representations for Teaching Cell Division and Climate Change, Kai Niebert, Tanja Riemeier, and Harald Gropengiesser
• Chapter 16 Analogy and Gesture for Mental Visualization of DNA Structure, Anveshna Srivastava and Jayashree Ramadas
• Chapter 17 Multiple Representations in Modeling Strategies for the Development of Systems Thinking in Biology Education, Roald Verhoeff, Kerst Boersma, and Arend Jan Waarlo
• Conclusion: Contributions of Multiple Representations to Biological Education, David F. Treagust and Chi-Yan Tsui.