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Visualization traditionally has been widely used and acknowledged as an important part of science education. Thanks to ongoing technological advancement it is becoming ever easier and less expensive to incorporate visualizations into science education practice. Not only static two-dimensional images, but also dynamic and even interactive visualizations have become possible, and prevalent, in contemporary science education.
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Braga, J., Phillips, L.M., Norris, S.P. (2012). Visualizations and Visualization in Science Education. In: Norris, S.P. (eds) Reading for Evidence and Interpreting Visualizations in Mathematics and Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-924-4_7
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