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ERIC Number: EJ355996
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Provocative Opinion: Descriptive Chemistry.
Bent, Henry A.; Bent, Brian E.
Journal of Chemical Education, v64 n3 p249-51 Mar 1987
Discusses many of the distinctions that chemists draw between theoretical chemistry and descriptive chemistry, along with the tendency for chemical educators to adopt the type of chemistry they feel is most important to teach. Uses examples to argue that theoretical chemistry and descriptive chemistry are, at the bottom line, the same. (TW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Process Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Teaching Styles, Theories, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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