Representation and learning about evaporation Tytler, Russell and Prain, Vaughan 2007, Representation and learning about evaporation. In Pintó, Roser and Couso, Digna (ed), Contributions from science education research, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp.237-248. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Representation and learning about evaporation Author(s) Tytler, Russell Prain, Vaughan Title of book Contributions from science education research Editor(s) Pintó, Roser Couso, Digna Publication date 2007 Chapter number 18 Total chapters 37 Start page 237 End page 248 Total pages 12 Publisher Springer Place of Publication Dordrecht, The Netherlands Keyword(s) evaporation literacies of science representation and learning student learning in science Summary While there has been considerable research on children's understanding of evaporation, the representational issues entailed in this understanding have not been investigated in depth. This study explored students' engagement with evaporation phenomena through various representational modes. Primary school classroom sequences and structured interviews shortly after, and a year later, indicated significant advances in learning flowing from negotiation of meaning around particle representations. A case study of one child's learning is used to demonstrate how a molecular distribution representation can offer the possibility of significant advances in children's thinking about evaporation. The findings suggest that teacher-mediated negotiation of representational issues can support enriched student learning ISBN 9781402050312 1402050313 Language eng Field of Research 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter Copyright notice ©2007, Springer Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30006884 Document type: Book Chapter Collection: School of Education   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 04 Mar 2009, 15:21:28 EST Tue, 18 May 2010, 10:22:18 EST Tue, 18 May 2010, 10:23:51 EST Fri, 28 May 2010, 11:48:49 EST Tue, 01 Jun 2010, 13:39:03 EST Mon, 20 Feb 2012, 09:07:18 EST Thu, 20 Nov 2014, 10:49:09 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2015, 12:57:00 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 484 Abstract Views, 5 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 29 Sep 2008, 08:38:43 EST

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