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ERIC Number: EJ613654
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Functional Fixedness and Functional Reduction as Common Sense Reasonings in Chemical Equilibrium and in Geometry and Polarity of Molecules.
Furio, C.; Calatayud, M. L.; Barcenas, S. L.; Padilla, O. M.
Science Education, v84 n5 p545-65 Sep 2000
Focuses on learning difficulties in procedural knowledge, and assesses the procedural difficulties of grade 12 and first- and third-year university students based on common sense reasoning in two areas of chemistry--chemical equilibrium and geometry, and polarity of molecules. (Contains 55 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Chemical Equilibrium, Chemistry, Constructivism (Learning), Epistemology, Geometry, High Schools, Higher Education, Learning Problems, Misconceptions, Scientific Methodology, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change