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Peer reviewedBeall, Herbert; Prescott, Sarah – Journal of Chemical Education, 1994
Conceptual understanding of chemistry is an important issue in chemistry education. Examination questions with word answers are one way of reinforcing and testing conceptual knowledge and should be included in chemistry courses. Students involved in this study felt they did better on numerical questions and poorer on conceptual questions than they…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedZoller, Uri – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Selective illustrative examples of students' learning difficulties and misconceptions in first-year general and organic chemistry are presented in the students' terms, followed by strategies the author uses to overcome the difficulties. Suggests that student misconceptions in first-year chemistry are not interrelated logically and are not prone to…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, College Science
Peer reviewedCullen, John – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Provides examples of how concept mapping can be used to help overcome misconceptions in college chemistry. (PR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, College Science
