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Direct linkTan, Kim Chwee Daniel; Taber, Keith S. – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2005
Previous research has shown that students' existing conceptions are critical to subsequent learning because there is interaction between the new knowledge that the students encounter and their existing knowledge from previous lessons. Taber (1999a) found A-level students in the UK had difficulty in understanding the principles determining the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Chemistry, Scientific Principles
Peer reviewedAnamuah-Mensah, J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
Describes an investigation of the strategies used by 47 high school students in solving volumetric analysis problems in chemistry. Reports that students in the high ability group mainly used the "formula" approach, while those in the low ability group tended to use the "proportional" approach to problem solving. (TW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
