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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
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Herron, J. Dudley – Journal of Chemical Education, 1985
Suggests a model of human cognition by describing similarities between human and electronic computers. This model might guide the development of software so that it is sufficiently powerful and flexible to be of value to human computers as they construct new knowledge in chemistry. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Computer Software