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Learning from and through representations in science

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posted on 2012-01-01, 00:00 authored by B Waldrip, Vaughan PrainVaughan Prain
In this chapter, we review the two main current approaches to researching student acquisition of the literacies of science, defined as student capacity to interpret and construct science texts. Researchers have tended to focus on either analysis and construction of expert representations as a basis for investigating factors affecting student learning from interactions with these representations, or on learning outcomes when students, with teacher guidance, generate and justify their own representations. We identify strengths and challenges in each focus as well as future research agendas in this field.

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Title of book

Second international handbook of science education

Volume

24

Series

Springer International Handbooks of Education (SIHE)

Chapter number

12

Pagination

145 - 155

Publisher

Springer Science+Business Media BV

Place of publication

Dordrecht, The Netherlands

ISBN-13

978-1-4020-9040-0

Edition

2

Language

eng

Publication classification

B1.1 Book chapter

Copyright notice

2012, Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

Extent

96

Editor/Contributor(s)

B Fraser, K Tobin, C McRobbie

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