Multiple Representations in Chemical Education

Introduction: Macro, Submicro and Symbolic Representations and the Relationship Between Them: Key Models in Chemical Education.- The Challenges Faced in Teaching and Learning About the Representational Triplet.- Learning at the Sub-micro Level: Structural Representations.- Micro–Macro Thinking in Chemical Education: Why and How to Escape.- Towards a Better Utilization of Diagrams in Research into the Use of Representative Levels in Chemical Education.- Learning at the Symbolic Level.- Improving Existing Pedagogy in Respect of the Triplet Relationship.- Learning at the Macro Level: The Role of Practical Work.- Linking the Macroscopic, Sub-microscopic and Symbolic Levels: The Case of Inorganic Qualitative Analysis.- The Efficacy of an Alternative Instructional Programme Designed to Enhance Secondary Students’ Competence in the Triplet Relationship.- Linking the Macroscopic and Sub-microscopic Levels: Diagrams.- Classroom Solutions to the Challenges Posed by the Triplet Relationship.- Structure–Property Relations Between Macro and Micro Representations: Relevant Meso-levels in Authentic Tasks.- Historical Material in Macro–Micro Thinking: Conceptual Change in Chemistry Education and the History of Chemistry.- The Roles of Multimedia in the Teaching and Learning of the Triplet Relationship in Chemistry.- The Application of a ‘Model of Modelling’ to Illustrate the Importance of Metavisualisation in Respect of the Three Types of Representation.- Action Research to Promote the Formation of Linkages by Chemistry Students Between the Macro, Submicro, and Symbolic Representational Levels.- Towards a Coherent Model for Macro, Submicro and Symbolic Representations in Chemical Education.