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Peer reviewedGabel, Dorothy L.; Sherwood, Robert D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983
Investigated superiority of instructional strategies (factor-label method, proportionality, use of analogies, use of diagrams) in teaching problem-solving related to mole concept, gas laws, stoichiometry, and molarity. Also investigated effectiveness of strategies for students (N=609) with different verbal-visual preferences, proportional…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Chemistry, High Schools, Mathematics Anxiety
Download full textGabel, Dorothy L. – 1981
The major purpose of this study was to determine whether certain types of instructional strategies (factor-label method, use of analogies, use of diagrams, and proportionality) were superior to others in teaching problem solving in four topics (mole concept, gas laws, stoichiometry, and molarity). Also of major interest was whether particular…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, High School Students
Gabel, Dorothy L.; Sherwood, Robert D. – 1981
This paper reported the results of a study designed to determine whether certain instructional strategies are superior to others in teaching problem solving to high school chemistry students. The effectiveness of four instructional strategies for teaching problem solving to students of various proportional reasoning ability, verbal and visual…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Chemistry, Conference Papers
