Towards a Framework for Representational Competence in Science Education

Front Matter ....Pages i-vi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Towards a Definition of Representational Competence  (Kristy L. Daniel, Carrie Jo Bucklin, E. Austin Leone, Jenn Idema)....Pages 3-11
 Representational Fluency: A Means for Students to Develop STEM Literacy  (Tamara J. Moore, S. Selcen Guzey, Gillian H. Roehrig, Richard A. Lesh)....Pages 13-30
 Similar Information, Different Representations: Designing a Learning Environment for Promoting Transformational Competence  (Billie Eilam, Shlomit Ofer)....Pages 31-54
 Agreeing to Disagree: Students Negotiating Visual Ambiguity Through Scientific Argumentation  (Camillia Matuk)....Pages 55-77
 A Learning Performance Perspective on Representational Competence in Elementary Science Education  (Laura Zangori)....Pages 79-100
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 Supporting Representational Competences Through Adaptive Educational Technologies  (Martina A. Rau)....Pages 103-132
 Instructional Representations as Tools to Teach Systems Thinking  (Tammy Lee, Gail Jones)....Pages 133-153
 Leveraging on Assessment of Representational Competence to Improve Instruction with External Representations  (Mounir R. Saleh, Kristy L. Daniel)....Pages 155-176
 Improving Students’ Representational Competence through a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience  (Chandrani Mishra, Kari L. Clase, Carrie Jo Bucklin, Kristy L. Daniel)....Pages 177-201
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 Using Gesture Analysis to Assess Students’ Developing Representational Competence  (Matthew E. Lira, Mike Stieff)....Pages 205-228
 Assessing Representational Competence with Eye Tracking Technology  (Inga Ubben, Sandra Nitz, Kristy L. Daniel, Annette Upmeier zu Belzen)....Pages 229-245
 The Use of a Representational Triplet Model as the Basis for the Evaluation of Students’ Representational Competence  (Jill D. Maroo, Sara L. Johnson)....Pages 247-262
 Representational Competence in Science Education: From Theory to Assessment  (Jochen Scheid, Andreas Müller, Rosa Hettmannsperger, Wolfgang Schnotz)....Pages 263-277