Piaget for Chemists: Explaining What "Good" Students Cannot Understand.

Herron, J. Dudley

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Piaget for Chemists: Explaining What "Good" Students Cannot Understand

Herron, J. Dudley

Journal of Chemical Education, 52, 2, 146-150, Mar 75

Attributes learning difficulties in introductory chemistry to the thesis that many students have not reached the formal operations level of intellectual development. Cites instances to support this thesis, outlines an instructional procedure to overcome the difficulty, and presents a list of competencies that can be expected of these students. (GS)

Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Concept Formation, Educational Psychology, Higher Education, Instruction, Learning Theories, Models, Science Education

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