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ERIC Number: EJ305846
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Uses (and Abuses) of Models in Teaching Chemistry.
Bent, Henry A.
Journal of Chemical Education, v61 n9 p774-77 Sep 1984
Discusses the nature and role of models in various aspects of the chemistry curriculum, examining the purposes and importance of tangible, linguistic, arithmetical, thermodynamic, and quantum-physical models. Strategies in using models in laboratory work and in lecture demonstrations are also considered. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, High Schools, Higher Education, Models, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at a workshop for high school chemistry teachers at the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (35th, Charlotte, NC, November 11, 1983).