Overview
Provides an overview of the current research on multi-modal representations and how it improves learning in the science classroom
Considers the cognitive aspects of the use of multiple representations in different learning activities
Discusses emerging trends in research on the use of multiple representations in science education
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Multimodal communication competencies
- Multimodal representations
- Multimodal writing
- Multiple representations
- Representationally rich learning environments
- Science classrooms
- Science education
- Science learning
- Science literacy
- Science representation construction
- Student critical thinking
- Student engagement with representations
- Student use of representations
- learning and instruction
About this book
This book provides an international perspective of current work aimed at both clarifying the theoretical foundations for the use of multimodal representations as a part of effective science education pedagogy and the pragmatic application of research findings to actual classroom settings. Intended for a wide ranging audience from science education faculty members and researchers to classroom teachers, school administrators, and curriculum developers, the studies reported in this book can inform best practices in K – 12 classrooms of all science disciplines and provide models of how to improve science literacy for all students. Specific descriptions of classroom activities aimed at helping infuses the use of multimodal representations in classrooms are combined with discussion of the impact on student learning. Overarching findings from a synthesis of the various studies are presented to help assert appropriate pedagogical and instructional implications as well as to suggest further avenues of research.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Using Multimodal Representations to Support Learning in the Science Classroom
Editors: Brian Hand, Mark McDermott, Vaughan Prain
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16450-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-16449-6Published: 17 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36232-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16450-2Published: 06 November 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 250
Topics: Science Education, Learning & Instruction, Teaching and Teacher Education