Towards a framework for representational competence in science education. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kristy L. Daniel, editor.
• Editors: Daniel, Kristy L
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Part I: The Importance of Representational Competence; Towards a Definition of Representational Competence; Background and Theory; A Chance to Reach Consensus; Implications for Thinking; Call to Measure Representational Competence across Disciplines; References; Representational Fluency: A Means for Students to Develop STEM Literacy; STEM and STEM Integration; Directions for STEM Integration; Student Learning in STEM Integration; Teaching with STEM Integration; Curriculum Development for STEM Integration; Lesh Translation Model as a Framework for STEM Integration The Lesh Translation Model and Student LearningThe Lesh Translation Model and Teaching; The Lesh Translation Model and Curriculum Development; References; Similar Information, Different Representations: Designing a Learning Environment for Promoting Transformational Competence; What Is Transformation?; Transformational Affordances; Transformational Constraints; Judging Representational Quality; Method; Participants; Overall Research Context; Research Phases; Environmental Characteristics; Results; Affordances and Constraints of the Learning Environmental Design Affording Increased Informational AccessibilityAffording Information Organization; Affording Limitation of Interpretations; Applying Spatial Abilities; Applying Temporal Considerations; Social Considerations; Summary; References; Agreeing to Disagree: Students Negotiating Visual Ambiguity Through Scientific Argumentation; Introduction; Goals of Scientific Argumentation; Data, Evidence, and Interpretation: The Objects of Argumentation; What Causes Visual Ambiguity?; Ambiguity in Graphs; Kinds of Ambiguity; The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster and the Global Warming Hiatus; Uses of Ambiguity Case Background: The Global Climate Change Unit"How has global climate changed?"; Two Interpretations of the Same Graph; Inferring Evidence; Reading the Designer's Mind; Reaching Consensus Through Compromise; Conclusions and Implications; Skills in Persuasion with Visually Ambiguous Evidence; Making Explicit Visual References to Coordinate Claim and Evidence; Re-Interpreting Evidence to Reinforce an Argument; Making Inferences to Emphasize the Significance of an Observed Pattern; Reasoning through Connection between Data and Context; Understanding a Visual's Multiple Purposes Designing to Leverage Visual AmbiguityReferences; A Learning Performance Perspective on Representational Competence in Elementary Science Education; Epistemic Practice of Modeling; Putting Modeling into Practice; Learning Performances and Learning Progressions; Building a Learning Performance; Step 1: Select and Define Construct; Step 2: Create Claims through Development of a Hypothetical Learning Performance; Step 3: Specify Evidence and Define Tasks; Step 4: Empirical Grounding of the Learning Performance; Daisy; Dahlia; Discussion; Conclusion; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 507.1; Education; Science -- Study and teaching; Competency-based education; Science_xStudy and teaching; Educational tests and measuremen; SCIENCE / Study & Teaching; Competency-based education; Science -- Study and teaching; Education -- Educational Psychology; Education -- Evaluation; Teaching skills & techniques; Examinations & assessment; Science -- Study & Teaching; Teaching of a specific subject; Education; Science Education; Learning & Instruction; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319899459; 3319899457
• Related ISBNs: 9783319899435; 3319899430
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 25, 2018).
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