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ERIC Number: EJ647933
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0045-0855
Learners' Use of Analogy and Alternative Conceptions for Chemical Bonding: A Cross-Age Study.
Coll, Richard K.; Treagust, David F.
Australian Science Teachers' Journal, v48 n1 p24-32 Mar 2002
Describes Australian secondary school, undergraduate, and postgraduate students' use of analogy and anthropomorphism along with their alternative conceptions for mental models of chemical bonding. Finds that learners make use of analogy and anthropomorphism to aid their explanations of chemical bonding, and in addition reveals that learners across all three academic levels harbored a number of alternative conceptions. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Chemical Bonding, Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Misconceptions, Science Education, Secondary Education, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Alternative Conceptions; Analogical Reasoning; Analogy; Australia