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Models and Modelling in Science and Science Education

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This chapter discusses the nature and roles of models in science, and in science education. It is argued that models and modelling are important in science teaching both because of the need to authentically reflect the importance of modelling in science itself, and because of the pedagogic role of models.

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  1. University of Cambridge, UK

    Keith S. Taber

  2. Science Teachers Association of Nigeria, Nigeria

    Ben Akpan

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Taber, K.S. (2017). Models and Modelling in Science and Science Education. In: Taber, K.S., Akpan, B. (eds) Science Education. New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-749-8_20

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