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ERIC Number: EJ749914
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Pages: 3
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
An Azulene-Based Discovery Experiment: Challenging Students to Watch for the "False Assumption"
Garner, Charles M.
Journal of Chemical Education, v82 n11 p1686-1688 Nov 2005
A discovery-based experiment is developed depending on a "false assumption" that the students mistakenly assume they know the structure of a reaction product and are forced to reconcile observations that are inconsistent with this assumption. This experiment involves the chemistry of azulenes, an interesting class of intensely colored aromatic compounds.
Descriptors: Chemistry, Heuristics, Discovery Processes, Misconceptions, Experimental Programs, Scientific Methodology, Problem Based Learning
Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society. Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1267, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-1267. Tel: 800-691-9846; Tel: 856-931-5825; Fax: 856-931-4115; e-mail: jchemed@egpp.com; Web site: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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