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Title: | Advanced Level Chemistry Students' Concepts Of Chemical Bonding | Contributor(s): | Coll, Richard K (author); Taylor, Neil (author) | Publication Date: | 2002 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23317 | Abstract: | Chemistry as a discipline is dominated by the use of models and modelling. Chemists use models to explain data, to predict events and to help understand chemical reactivity. As a consequence, chemistry teaching, especially at the advanced level, is also dominated by the use of models. These models, being highly abstract in nature are referred to as mental models. An understanding of students' mental models is important because teachers employ increasingly complex models throughout the degree program. However, there are many reports in the literature indicating that students' understanding and use of mental models is limited in comparison with desired teaching outcomes. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Chemistry in New Zealand, 66(4), p. 39-42 | Publisher: | New Zealand Institute of Chemistry | Place of Publication: | New Zealand | ISSN: | 0110-5566 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy 130106 Secondary Education 130103 Higher Education |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930301 Assessment and Evaluation of Curriculum 930201 Pedagogy 930403 School/Institution Policies and Development |
HERDC Category Description: | C2 Non-Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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