Reading for evidence and interpreting visualizations in mathematics and science education / edited by Stephen P. Norris.

• TeilnehmendeR: Norris, Stephen P.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed. 2012.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

CRYSTAL—Alberta was established to research ways to improve students’ understanding and reasoning in science and mathematics. To accomplish this goal, faculty members in Education, Science, and Engineering, as well as school teachers joined forces to produce a resource bank of innovative and tested instructional materials that are transforming teaching in the K-12 classroom. Many of the instructional materials cross traditional disciplinary boundaries and explore contemporary topics such as global climate change and the spread of the West Nile virus. Combined with an emphasis on the use of visualizations, the instructional materials improve students’ engagement with science and mathematics. Participation in the CRYSTAL—Alberta project has changed the way I think about the connection between what I do as a researcher and what I do as a teacher: I have learned how to better translate scientific knowledge into language and activities appropriate for students, thereby transforming my own teaching. I also have learned to make better connections between what students are learning and what is happening in their lives and the world, thereby increasing students’ interest in the subject and enriching their learning experience.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Stephen P. Norris -- Crystal—Alberta / Frank Jenkins and Stephen P. Norris -- Reading for Evidence / Susan Barker and Heidi Julien -- Reading for Evidence Through Hybrid Adapted Primary Literature / Marie-Claire Shanahan -- Explanatory Reasoning in Junior High Science Textbooks / Jerine Pegg and Simon Karuku -- The Environment as Text: Reading Big Lake / Susan Barker and Carole Newton -- Visualizations and Visualization in Mathematics Education / John S. Macnab , Linda M. Phillips and Stephen P. Norris -- Visualizations and Visualization in Science Education / John Braga , Linda M. Phillips and Stephen P. Norris -- Curriculum Development to Promote Visualization and Mathematical Reasoning: Radicals / Elaine Simmt , Shannon Sookochoff , Janelle McFeetors and Ralph T. Mason -- Introducing Grade Five Students to the Nature of Models / Brenda J. Gustafson and Peter G. Mahaffy -- Using Computer Visualizations to Introduce Grade Five Students to the Particle Nature of Matter / Brenda J. Gustafson and Peter G. Mahaffy -- Notes on Contributors / Stephen P. Norris -- Index / Stephen P. Norris.