Drawing to reason and learn in science

• Published in: Journal of research in science teaching Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 209 - 231
• Main Authors: Tytler, Russell, Prain, Vaughan, Aranda, George, Ferguson, Joseph, Gorur, Radhika
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2020; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Cameras; Cognitive skills; Correlation; Ethnography; Freehand Drawing; Inquiry; inquiry science; Learning; learning in science; Learning Processes; multimodal representations; reasoning; Science education; Science Instruction; Science teaching; Secondary education; Secondary school science; Secondary School Students; Secondary schools; Semiotics; Students; Teaching Methods; Thinking Skills; Tracking; Video Technology; Visual Aids

Despite mixed results in research on student learning from drawing in science, there is growing interest in the potential for this visual mode, in tandem with other modes, to enact and enable student reasoning in this subject. Building on current research in this field, and using a micro-ethnographi...