Use of representations in reasoning and problem solving : analysis and improvement / / edited by Lieven Verschaffel. [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816830803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-136-94398-6; 1-136-94399-4; 1-282-88279-1; 9786612882791; 0-203-84782-2
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Collana: New Perspectives on Learning and Instruction
• Altri autori (Persone): VerschaffelLieven <1957->
• Disciplina: 370.15/24
• Soggetti: Interaction analysis in education; Thought and thinking; Problem solving - Study and teaching; Learning, Psychology of
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Use of representations in reasoning and problem solving: An overview; Part I: Theoretical and empirical analyses of psychological processes in thinking and learning with representations; Chapter 1: Creative thinking and problem solving with depictive and descriptive representations; Chapter 2: Instructional considerations in the use of external representations: The distinction between perceptually based depictions and pictures that represent conceptual models; Chapter 3: Critical thinking about biology during web page reading: Tracking students' evaluation of sources and information through eye fixationsChapter 4: Representational flexibility in linear-function problems: A choice/no-choice study; Chapter 5: Representations and proof: The case of the Isis problem; Chapter 6: Secondary school students' availability and activation of diagrammatic strategies for learning from texts; Part II: Development of representational tools and evaluation of their effects on student learning; Chapter 7: Conceptual change in learning electricity: Using virtual and concrete external representations simultaneouslyChapter 8: Using static and dynamic visualisations to support the comprehension of complex dynamic phenomena in the natural sciences; Chapter 9: The role of external representations in learning combinatorics and probability theory; Chapter 10: Symbolising and the development of meaning in computer-supported algebra education; Chapter 11: The 'numbers are points on the line' analogy: Does it have an instructional value?; Chapter 12: Use of external representations in science: Prompting and reinforcing prior knowledge activationChapter 13: Visualisation of argumentation as shared activity
• Sommario/riassunto: Within an increasingly multimedia focused society, the use of external representations in learning, teaching and communication has increased dramatically. Whether in the classroom, university or workplace, there is a growing requirement to use and interpret a large variety of external representational forms and tools for knowledge acquisition, problem solving, and to communicate with others.Use of Representations in Reasoning and Problem Solving brings together contributions from some of the world's leading researchers in educational and instructional psychology, instruction