Multiple Representations in Physics Education

1. Multiple Representations in Physics and Science Education – Why Should We Use Them?
Maria Opfermann, Annett Schmeck, Hans E. Fischer

Part I. Multiple Representations: Focus On Models and Analogies

2. Teaching and Learning Representations in Upper Secondary Physics
Per Morten Kind, Carl Angell, Øystein Guttersrud

3. Integrating Computational Artifacts into the Multi-representational Toolkit of Physics Education
Brian E. Gravel, Michelle H. Wilkerson

4. Evaluating Multiple Analogical Representations from Students’ Perceptions
Jing-Wen Lin, Mei-Hung Chiu

Part II. Multiple Representations Focus On Different Approaches and Conditions

5. Social Semiotics in University Physics Education
John Airey, Cedric Linder

6. Learning Optics with Multiple Representations: Not as Simple as Expected
Yen-Ruey Kuo, Mihye Won, Marjan Zadnik, Salim Siddiqui, David F. Treagust

7. Enacting a Representation Construction Approach to Teaching and Learning Astronomy
Peter Hubber, Russell Tytler

8. Learning About Forces Using Multiple Representations
Pasi Nieminen, Antti Savinainen, Jouni Viiri

9. The Conceptual Elements of Multiple Representations: A Study of Textbooks’ Representations of Electric Current
Chee Leong Wong, Hye-Eun Chu

Part III. Multiple Representations: Focus On Reasoning and Representational Competence

10. Representational Competence, Understanding of Experiments, Phenomena and Basic Concepts in Geometrical Optics: A Representational Approach
Andreas Müller, Rosa Hettmannsperger, Jochen Scheid, Wolfgang Schnotz

11. Understanding and Promoting Effective Use of Representations in Physics Learning
Patrick B. Kohl, Noah Finkelstein

12. The Role of Representations in Students’ Explanations of Four Phenomena in Physics: Dynamics, Thermal Physics, Electromagnetic Induction and Superposition
Jennifer Yeo, John K. Gilbert

13. Cross Referencing to Co-construct Knowledge About Global Heat Transfer in an Online Learning Environment: Learning with Multiple Visualizations
Florence R. Sullivan, W. Richards Adrion, Dave Hart, Christopher N. Hill, Kofi Charu Nat Turner, Jeff Xavier, Youngkwan Cha, Sangchil Lee, Bradford Wheeler

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