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ERIC Number: EJ478293
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Translation of Representation of the Structure of Matter and Its Relationship to Reasoning, Gender, Spatial Reasoning, and Specific Prior Knowledge.
Keig, Patricia F.; Rubba, Peter A.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v30 n8 p883-903 Oct 1993
The purpose of this study was to characterize high school chemistry students' (n=42) ability to make translations between three representations of the structure of matter, and to determine the degree to which the students' ability to make these translations is related to reasoning ability, spatial reasoning ability, gender, and specific knowledge of the representations. (PR)
Descriptors: Atomic Structure, Chemistry, Classroom Research, High Schools, Matter, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research; Spatial Relationships