Multiple Representations in Biological Education

Chapter 1 Introduction to Multiple Representations: Their Importance in Biology and Biological Education

Chapter 2 Identifying and Developing Students’ Ability to Reason with Concepts and Representations in Biology

Chapter 3 Pictures in Biology Education

Chapter 4 Possible Constraints of Visualization in Biology: Challenges in Learning with Multiple Representations

Chapter 5 Promoting the Collaborative Use of Cognitive and Metacognitive Skills Through Conceptual Representations in Hypermedia

Chapter 6 Learning and Teaching Biotechnological Methods Using Animations

Chapter 7 Experts’ Views on Translation Across Multiple External Representations in Acquiring Biological Knowledge About Ecology, Genetics, and Evolution

Chapter 8 Evolution Is a Model, Why Not Teach It That Way?

Chapter 9 Multiple Representations of Human Genetics in Biology Textbooks

Chapter 11 Learning Tree Thinking: Developing a New Framework of Representational Competence

Chapter 12 Understanding Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration: Encouraging a View of Biological Nested Systems

Chapter 13 Scientific Models in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Research and in the Biology Curriculum

Chapter 14 Supporting and Assessing Complex Biology Learning with Computer-Based Simulations and Representations

Chapter 15 Secondary Students’ Understanding of Genetics Using BioLogica : Two Case Studies

Chapter 16 The Hidden Hand that Shapes Conceptual Understanding: Choosing Effective Representations for Teaching Cell Division and Climate Change

Chapter 17 Analogy and Gesture for Mental Visualization of DNA Structure

Chapter 18 Multiple Representations in Modeling Strategies for the Development of Systems Thinking in Biology Education

Chapter 19 Conclusion: Contributions of Multiple Representations to Biological Education