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Tables of Contents for Modeling and Simulation in Science and Mathematics Education
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Series Preface
vii
Preface
ix
Contributors
xiii
Introduction
xv
Part 1: Modeling Tools for Students and Teachers
1
148
Modeling Clay for Thinking and Learning
5
33
Jon Ogborn
Training System Modelers: The NSF CC-STADUS and CC-SUSTAIN Projects
38
32
Ron Zaraza
Diana M. Fisher
Construction of Models to Promote Scientific Understanding
70
25
Michele Wisnudel Spitulnik
Joseph Krajcik
Elliot Soloway
A Visual Modeling Tool for Mathematics Experiment and Inquiry
95
19
Wallace Feurzeig
Decentralized Modeling and Decentralized Thinking
114
24
Mitchel Resnick
An Object-Based Modeling Tool for Science Inquiry
138
11
Eric K. Neumann
Wallace Feurzeig
Peter Garik
Part 2: Model-Based Inquiry
149
108
GasLab: An Extensible Modeling Toolkit for Connecting Micro- and Macro-properties of Gases
151
28
Uri Wilensky
Designing Computer Models That Teach
179
18
Paul Horwitz
Modeling as Inquiry Activity in School Science: What's the Point?
197
29
William Barowy
Nancy Roberts
Alternative Approaches to Using Modeling and Simulation Tools for Teaching Science
226
31
Barbara Y. White
Christina V. Schwarz
Part 3: Toward Extended Modeling Environments
257
66
The Developing Scientist as Craftsperson
259
23
Michael Eisenberg
Ann Eisenberg
Multisensory Immersion as a Modeling Environment for Learning Complex Scientific Concepts
282
41
Chris Dede
Marilyn C. Salzman
R. Bowen Loftin
Debra Sprague
Conclusion: Introducing Modeling into the Curriculum
320
3
Wallace Feurzeig
Nancy Roberts
Appendix A. Websites of Contributing Authors
323
1
Appendix B. Contents of Enclosed CD-ROM
324
1
Index
325