This study presents a review of the current state of research on teaching quantum
mechanics in secondary and lower undergraduate education. A conceptual approach to …

Research on teaching and learning quantum physics (QP) frequently explores students'
conceptual difficulties to identify common patterns in their reasoning. The abstractness of QP …

Much scholarship in chemical education draws upon the model of there being three 'levels'
at which the teaching and learning of chemistry operates, a notion which is often …

We describe efforts toward the development of a hypothetical learning progression (HLP) for
the growth of grade 7–14 students' models of the structure, behavior and properties of …

Quantum mechanics is counterintuitive, difficult to visualize, mathematically challenging, and
abstract. The Physics Education Technology (PhET) Project now includes 18 simulations on …

This study focused on the development of a two-tier multiple-choice diagnostic instrument,
which was designed and then progressively modified, and implemented to assess students' …

Abstract The symbolic language of chemistry is extensive, and is used ubiquitously in
teaching and learning the subject at secondary level and beyond. This chapter considers …

In 1994, Studies in Science Education published a review discussing'the rise and fall of
constructivism'(Solomon, 1994). This paper suggested that'constructivism', which had …

Chapter 5 examined major areas of criticism of the tradition of work often labelled as
'constructivism in Science Education'. Among these were suggestions that research in this …

Chemical bonding is one of the key and basic concepts in chemistry. The learning of many
of the concepts taught in chemistry, in both secondary schools as well as in the colleges, is …