文档介绍：VISUALIZATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE
IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
Models and Modeling in Science Education
Volume 3
Series Editor
Professor . Gilbert
Institute of Education, The University of Reading, UK
Editorial Board
Professor . Treagust
Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University of Technology,
Australia
Assoc. Professor . van Driel
ICLON, University of Leiden, herlands
Dr. Rosária Justi
Department of Chemistry, University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dr. Janice Gobert
The Concord Consortium, USA
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Visualization: Theory
and Practice in Science
Education
John K. Gilbert
Editor
The University of Reading, UK
Miriam Reiner
Editor
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Mary Nakhleh
Editor
Purdue University, USA
Editors
John K. Gilbert
The University of Reading,
UK
Miriam Reiner
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
Israel
Mary Nakhleh
Purdue University,
USA
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Contents
Introduction ....................................................... 1
John K. Gilbert, Miriam Reiner and Mary Nakhleh
1 Visualization: An Emergent Field of Practice and Enquiry
in Science Education ............................................ 3
John K. Gilbert
Section A The Nature and Development of Visualization: A Review
of what is Known ..............................................