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Coll, Richard K.; Treagust, David F. – Australian Science Teachers' Journal, 2002
Describes Australian secondary school, undergraduate, and postgraduate students' use of analogy and anthropomorphism along with their alternative conceptions for mental models of chemical bonding. Finds that learners make use of analogy and anthropomorphism to aid their explanations of chemical bonding, and in addition reveals that learners across…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Chemical Bonding, Chemistry, Foreign Countries
