Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction,
Wallace Feurzeig and Nancy Roberts Modeling Tools for Students and Teachers
Introduction to Section One
—Modeling Clay for Thinking and Learning,
Jon Ogborn —Training System Modelers The NSF CC-STADUS and CC-SUSTAIN Projects,
Ronald J. Zaraza and Diana M. Fisher —Construction of Models to Promote Scientific Understanding,
Michele Wisnudel Spitulnik, Joseph
Krajcik, Elliot Soloway
—Modeling Tools for Mathematics and Science Inquiry,
Wallace Feurzeig —Decentralized Modeling and Decentralized Thinking,
Mitchel Resnick —An Object-Based Modeling Tool for Science Inquiry,
Eric Neumann, Wallace Feurzeig, Peter Garick Model-Based Inquiry
Introduction to Section Two
—GasLab - an Extensible Modeling Toolkit for Connecting Micro- and Macro-properties of Gases,
Uri
Wilensky —Alternate Approaches to Using Modeling and Simulation Tools for Teaching Science,
Paul Horwitz —Modeling as Inquiry Activity in School Science,
William Barowy and Nancy Roberts —Alternate Approaches to Using Modeling and Simulation Tools for Teaching Science,
Barbara Y. White and Christina V. Schwarz Toward Extended Modeling Environments
Introduction to Section Three
—The Developing Scientist as Craftsperson,
Michael Eisenberg and Ann Eisenberg —Multisensory Immersion as a Modeling Environment for Learning Complex Scientific Concepts,
Chris Dede,
Marilyn C. Salzman, R. Bowen Loftin, and Debra Sprague Conclusion: The Dynamics of Education, Wallace Feurzeigand Nancy Roberts
Appendix A: Web sites of contributing authors
Appendix B: TOC of included CD-ROM
