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Helix, Max R.; Blackford, Katherine A.; Firestein, Zachary M.; Greenbaum, Julia C.; Gibson, Katarina; Baranger, Anne M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
A central practice in the discipline of organic chemistry is the ability to solve certain fundamental problems, including predicting reactivity, proposing mechanisms, and designing syntheses. These problems are encountered frequently by both students and practitioners, who need to utilize vast amounts of content knowledge in specific ways to…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Organic Chemistry, Prediction, Undergraduate Students
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Nyachwaya, James M.; Gillaspie, Merry – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
The goals of this study were (1) determine the prevalence of various features of representations in five general chemistry textbooks used in the United States, and (2) use cognitive load theory to draw implications of the various features of analyzed representations. We adapted the Graphical Analysis Protocol (GAP) (Slough et al., 2010) to look at…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Textbook Content, Cognitive Processes