[PDF] Misconceptions In Chemistry eBook

Author : Hans-Dieter Barke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 18,95 MB
Release : 2008-11-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540709894

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Over the last decades several researchers discovered that children, pupils and even young adults develop their own understanding of "how nature really works". These pre-concepts concerning combustion, gases or conservation of mass are brought into lectures and teachers have to diagnose and to reflect on them for better instruction. In addition, there are ‘school-made misconceptions’ concerning equilibrium, acid-base or redox reactions which originate from inappropriate curriculum and instruction materials. The primary goal of this monograph is to help teachers at universities, colleges and schools to diagnose and ‘cure’ the pre-concepts. In case of the school-made misconceptions it will help to prevent them from the very beginning through reflective teaching. The volume includes detailed descriptions of class-room experiments and structural models to cure and to prevent these misconceptions.

Author : Keith Taber
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780854043866

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Part one includes information on some of the key alternative conceptions that have been uncovered by research and general ideas for helping students with the development of scientific conceptions.

Author : Lajos Kovács
Publisher : Springer
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 49,21 MB
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319084194

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100 Chemical Myths deals with popular yet largely untrue misconceptions and misunderstandings related to chemistry. It contains lucid and concise explanations cut through fallacies and urban legends that are universally relevant to a global audience. A wide range of chemical myths are explored in these areas; food, medicines, catastrophes, chemicals, and environmental problems. Connections to popular culture, literature, movies, and cultural history hold the reader’s interest whilst key concepts are beautifully annotated with illustrations to facilitate the understanding of unfamiliar material. Chemical Myths Demystified is pitched to individuals without a formal chemistry background to fledgling undergraduate chemists to seasoned researchers and beyond.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 25,68 MB
Release : 1997-03-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 0309175445

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Effective science teaching requires creativity, imagination, and innovation. In light of concerns about American science literacy, scientists and educators have struggled to teach this discipline more effectively. Science Teaching Reconsidered provides undergraduate science educators with a path to understanding students, accommodating their individual differences, and helping them grasp the methodsâ€"and the wonderâ€"of science. What impact does teaching style have? How do I plan a course curriculum? How do I make lectures, classes, and laboratories more effective? How can I tell what students are thinking? Why don't they understand? This handbook provides productive approaches to these and other questions. Written by scientists who are also educators, the handbook offers suggestions for having a greater impact in the classroom and provides resources for further research.

Author : Keith S Taber
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 2022-06-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 1839167459

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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.

Author : Samantha Fowler
Publisher :
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 17,43 MB
Release : 2018-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789888407453

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Concepts of Biology is designed for the single-semester introduction to biology course for non-science majors, which for many students is their only college-level science course. As such, this course represents an important opportunity for students to develop the necessary knowledge, tools, and skills to make informed decisions as they continue with their lives. Rather than being mired down with facts and vocabulary, the typical non-science major student needs information presented in a way that is easy to read and understand. Even more importantly, the content should be meaningful. Students do much better when they understand why biology is relevant to their everyday lives. For these reasons, Concepts of Biology is grounded on an evolutionary basis and includes exciting features that highlight careers in the biological sciences and everyday applications of the concepts at hand.We also strive to show the interconnectedness of topics within this extremely broad discipline. In order to meet the needs of today's instructors and students, we maintain the overall organization and coverage found in most syllabi for this course. A strength of Concepts of Biology is that instructors can customize the book, adapting it to the approach that works best in their classroom. Concepts of Biology also includes an innovative art program that incorporates critical thinking and clicker questions to help students understand--and apply--key concepts.

Author : Javier García-Martínez
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 21,43 MB
Release : 2015-05-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3527336052

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Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2017 Award This comprehensive collection of top-level contributions provides a thorough review of the vibrant field of chemistry education. Highly-experienced chemistry professors and education experts cover the latest developments in chemistry learning and teaching, as well as the pivotal role of chemistry for shaping a more sustainable future. Adopting a practice-oriented approach, the current challenges and opportunities posed by chemistry education are critically discussed, highlighting the pitfalls that can occur in teaching chemistry and how to circumvent them. The main topics discussed include best practices, project-based education, blended learning and the role of technology, including e-learning, and science visualization. Hands-on recommendations on how to optimally implement innovative strategies of teaching chemistry at university and high-school levels make this book an essential resource for anybody interested in either teaching or learning chemistry more effectively, from experience chemistry professors to secondary school teachers, from educators with no formal training in didactics to frustrated chemistry students.

Author : Chris Otter
Publisher : Vantage Press, Inc
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 23,89 MB
Release : 2008-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780435631475

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Puts the development of chemical ideas in the context of social and industrial needs. This book uses OCR terminology, and contains a glossary of the key terms from the specification. It is structured in line with the OCR specification with colour content, photographs and illustrations.

Author : Bhim Chandra Mondal
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 30,91 MB
Release : 2013
Category :
ISBN : 9783659406812

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Misconceptions play vital role in learning chemistry. There are a variety of sources of misconceptions such as experiences encountered in daily life, traditional instructional strategies etc. Misconceptions are resistant to change, persistent, and difficult to extinguish even with instruction designed to address them. Effective teaching learning strategy is the key factor for understanding the concepts of chemistry. To adjust with the rapid explosion of knowledge of chemistry, the learners must be prepared to process information suitably and meaningfully so that the information can be treated for a longer time and can be used in different situations of life. To accomplish these objectives, the learners have to frame a concept in his cognitive domain. Transfer of learning mainly depends on concept formation because these concepts are the key building blocks of the structure of knowledge.In this book we present the identification and remediation of misconceptions in chemistry. First we identified their misconceptions using chemistry misconception test (CMT) and removed them through a improvised strategy by using some illustrative materials.