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Kaufmann, Ilana; Hamza, Karim M.; Rundgren, Carl-Johan; Eriksson, Lars – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This study explores first-year university students' reasoning as they learn to draw Lewis structures. We also present a theoretical account of the formal procedure commonly taught for drawing these structures. Students' discussions during problem-solving activities were video recorded and detailed analyses of the discussions were made through the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Abstract Reasoning, Learning Processes, Problem Solving
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Domin, Daniel; Bodner, George – Journal of Chemical Education, 2012
The differences in the types of representations constructed during successful and unsuccessful problem-solving episodes were investigated within the context of graduate students working on problems that involve concepts from 2D-NMR. Success at problem solving was established by having the participants solve five problems relating to material just…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Problem Solving, Graduate Students, Spectroscopy