Models and Modeling

1. Modeling and the Future of Science Learning
Richard K. Coll, Denis Lajium

2. A Study of Expert Theory Formation: The Role of Different Model Types and Domain Frameworks
Allan Collins

3. The Nature of Scientific Meta-Knowledge
Barbara Y. White, Allan Collins, John R. Frederiksen

4. From Modeling Schemata to the Profiling Schema: Modeling Across the Curricula for Profile Shaping Education
Ibrahim A. Halloun

5. Helping Students Construct Robust Conceptual Models
Colleen Megowan-Romanowicz

6. The Molecular Workbench Software: An Innovative Dynamic Modeling Tool for Nanoscience Education
Charles Xie, Amy Pallant

7. Lowering the Learning Threshold: Multi-Agent-Based Models and Learning Electricity
Pratim Sengupta, Uri Wilensky

8. Engineering-Based Modelling Experiences in the Elementary and Middle Classroom
Lyn D. English, Nicholas G. Mousoulides

9. Engaging Elementary Students in Scientific Modeling: The MoDeLS Fifth-Grade Approach and Findings
Hamin Baek, Christina Schwarz, Jing Chen, Hayat Hokayem, Li Zhan

10. Relationships Between Elementary Teachers’ Conceptions of Scientific Modeling and the Nature of Science
Valarie L. Akerson, Orvil White, Huseyin Colak, Khemmawaddee Pongsanon

11. Science Teachers’ Knowledge About Learning and Teaching Models and Modeling in Public Understanding of Science
Ineke Henze, Jan H. van Driel

12. Teaching Pre-service Elementary Teachers to Teach Science with Computer Models
Nicos Valanides, Charoula Angeli

Keywords: Education, Science Education, Learning & Instruction