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

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...

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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.
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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.