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 …

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 …

Page 1 Chemical misconceptions - prevention, diagnosis and cure Volume I: theoretical
background This resource includes information about some of the key misconceptions that have …

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 …

Secondary school, undergraduate, and graduate level learners' mental models of bonding in
ionic substances were explored using an interview protocol that involved the use of physical …

'If... all of scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence passed on to the
next generation, what statement would contain the most information in the fewest words? I …

Because Lewis structures provide a direct connection between molecular structure and
properties, the ability to construct and use them is an integral component of many chemistry …

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 …

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 …

The objective of this study was to develop a two-tier test about the subject of “Separation of
Matter” in 9th grade chemistry curriculum and to argue the efficiency of this test on students' …