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Marie-Jetta den Otter; Alma Kuijpers; Michiel Dam; Ludo Juurlink; Fred Janssen – Research in Science Education, 2024
Chemical reasoning, and in particular structure--property reasoning, is an important goal of chemistry education. Johnstone's triangle (1982, 1991) is often used to explicate this type of reasoning. This triangle describes the multilevel thought chemical reasoning requires and shows why students find chemistry so difficult. However, this model…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Thinking Skills, Scientists, Chemistry