Chemistry modelling skills: students’ understanding on chemical representations at the microscopic level

• Main Authors: Omar, S. Z., Arshad, M., Rosli, M., Shukor, N. A.
• Format: Article
• Published: American Scientific Publishers 2017
• Subjects: LB2300 Higher Education
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/75202/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85032989160&doi=10.1166%2fasl.2017.9847&partnerID=40&md5=d2b94d3d8904dffa914897b0a9262d7c
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The purpose of this paper is to investigate students’ understanding on the fourth hierarchy of the chemistry modelling skills; understanding on chemical representations. The sample in this study involved 100 Form Four Malaysian school students. The Chemistry Modelling Skills Test (CMST) was used as...