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Direct linkGalloway, Kelli R.; Stoyanovich, Carlee; Flynn, Alison B. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
Research on mechanistic thinking in organic chemistry has shown that students attribute little meaning to the electron-pushing (i.e., curved arrow) formalism. At the University of Ottawa, a new curriculum has been developed in which students are taught the electron-pushing formalism prior to instruction on specific reactions--this formalism is…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Student Reaction, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedChen, Jyh-Horung – Journal of Chemical Education, 1989
Described is a method that can be used to obtain molecular or atomic term symbols. Several examples accompany an explanation of the method. (CW)
Descriptors: Atomic Structure, Chemical Nomenclature, Chemistry, College Science
