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Title: Using imagery support strategies to develop powerful imagistic models.
A central question for teachers is how to engage students in active reasoning while still aiming for substantial content goals. Asking students to generate and evaluate imagistic models can support both content learning and scientific thinking goals. Recent research indicates that imagery is a central component of scientific modeling (Schwartz and Heiser 2009). When discussing scientific models, teachers and students often lean heavily on words alone and overlook how modeling uses mental pictures and “mental movies.” Metaphorically, modeling processes can be thought of as occurring on a “sketch pad or video screen” of mental imagery in the student’s head. The set of strategies described here are intended to help teachers promote the kind of imagery that is used in scientific models.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1503456
PAR ID:
10584604
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
NSTA
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Science scope
ISSN:
0887-2376
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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