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De Jong, Onno; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Presents a case study of problems that can occur when teaching the topic of redox reactions to grade-11 students. Concludes that the teachers' scientific expertise is an important source of difficulties when teaching redox reactions. Discusses implications for improvement of current chemistry classroom practice and content-related teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Observation

Keulen, Hanno van; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Investigated the problems chemistry majors have with learning distillation concepts in traditional chemistry laboratory courses. Reports that students take the generalized concepts at face value, construct decontextualized concepts for distillation, and cannot interpret their observations or make reasoned decisions based on the theoretical…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education