The nature of the chemical concept : re-constructing chemical knowledge in teaching and learning /
This book offers a step-by-step analysis and discussion of just why some students find chemistry difficult, by examining the nature of chemistry concepts, and how they are communicated and learnt.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Royal Society of Chemistry,
2018.
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| Series: | Advances in chemistry education series ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- The challenge of teaching and learning chemical concepts
- What kind of things are concepts?
- What kinds of concepts are important in chemistry?
- Concepts as knowledge
- The origin of a chemical concept : the ongoing discovery of potassium
- Conceptualising acids : reimagining a class of substances
- Concepts and ontology : what kind of things exist in the world of chemistry?
- Chemical meta-concepts : imagining the relationships between chemical concepts
- Accessing chemical concepts for teaching and learning
- How are chemical concepts represented in the curriculum?
- How are chemical concepts communicated?
- How are chemical concepts represented in teaching?
- How do students acquire concepts?
- What is the nature of students' conceptions?
- How do students' concepts develop?
- Lessons for chemistry education.