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Evaluation of Questions in General Chemistry Textbooks According to the Form of the Questions and the Question-Answer Relationship (QAR): The Case of Intra-and Intermolecular Chemical Bonding
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Pappa, Eleni T.; Tsaparlis, Georgios – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2011
One way of checking to what extent instructional textbooks achieve their aim is to evaluate the questions they contain. In this work, we analyze the questions that are included in the chapters on chemical bonding of ten general chemistry textbooks. We study separately the questions on intra- and on intermolecular bonding, with the former…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Molecular Structure
Lower-Secondary Introductory Chemistry Course: A Novel Approach Based on Science-Education Theories, with Emphasis on the Macroscopic Approach, and the Delayed Meaningful Teaching of the Concepts of Molecule and Atom
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Tsaparlis, Georgios; Kolioulis, Dimitrios; Pappa, Eleni – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2010
We present a programme for a novel introductory lower-secondary chemistry course (seventh or eighth grade) that aims at the application of theories of science education, and in particular of conceptual/meaningful learning and of teaching methodology that encourages active and inquiry forms of learning The approach is rigorous with careful use of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Teachers, Grade 7, Grade 8
Conceptual versus Algorithmic Learning in High School Chemistry: The Case of Basic Quantum Chemical Concepts--Part 1. Statistical Analysis of a Quantitative Study
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Papaphotis, Georgios; Tsaparlis, Georgios – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2008
Part 1 of the findings are presented of a quantitative study (n = 125) on basic quantum chemical concepts taught in the twelfth grade (age 17-18 years) in Greece. A paper-and-pencil test of fourteen questions was used. The study compared performance in five questions that tested recall of knowledge or application of algorithmic procedures (type-A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Statistical Analysis, Chemistry
Conceptual versus Algorithmic Learning in High School Chemistry: The Case of Basic Quantum Chemical Concepts--Part 2. Students' Common Errors, Misconceptions and Difficulties in Understanding
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Papaphotis, Georgios; Tsaparlis, Georgios – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2008
Part 2 of the findings are presented of a quantitative study (n = 125) on basic quantum chemical concepts taught at twelfth grade (age 17-18 years) in Greece. A paper-and-pencil test of fourteen questions was used that were of two kinds: five questions that tested recall of knowledge or application of algorithmic procedures (type-A questions);…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Quantum Mechanics, Chemistry