Overview
- Addresses to key aspect of chemical education
- Reviews of evidence of student problems in learning
- Discussion of chemistry curriculum
- Includes case studies of successful teaching methods
- Discusses innovative approaches to teaching
Part of the book series: Models and Modeling in Science Education (MMSE, volume 4)
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Chemistry seeks to provide qualitative and quantitative explanations for the observed behaviour of elements and their compounds. Doing so involves making use of three types of representation: the macro (the empirical properties of substances); the sub-micro (the natures of the entities giving rise to those properties); and the symbolic (the number of entities involved in any changes that take place). Although understanding this triplet relationship is a key aspect of chemical education, there is considerable evidence that students find great difficulty in achieving mastery of the ideas involved. In bringing together the work of leading chemistry educators who are researching the triplet relationship at the secondary and university levels, the book discusses the learning involved, the problems that students encounter, and successful approaches to teaching. Based on the reported research, the editors argue for a coherent model for understanding the triplet relationship in chemical education.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Introduction: Macro, Submicro and Symbolic Representations and the Relationship Between Them: Key Models in Chemical Education
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The Challenges Faced in Teaching and Learning About the Representational Triplet
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Improving Existing Pedagogy in Respect of the Triplet Relationship
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Classroom Solutions to the Challenges Posed by the Triplet Relationship
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Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Multiple Representations in Chemical Education
Editors: John K. Gilbert, David Treagust
Series Title: Models and Modeling in Science Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8872-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8871-1Published: 09 March 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8013-4Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8872-8Published: 28 February 2009
Series ISSN: 1871-2983
Series E-ISSN: 2213-2260
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 367
Number of Illustrations: 58 b/w illustrations
Topics: Science Education