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The Connection between Drawing Organic Structures and Information Processing
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Suzanne Ruder; Courtney Stanford; Nuha Farhat; Leslie Bolda – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
Students need a strong understanding of how to represent chemical compounds in order to succeed in organic chemistry. This project set out to gain a better understanding of students' difficulties with symbolic representations, by identifying the specific errors associated with drawing wedge-dash structures. The focus was on how students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry