Misconceptions in chemistry : addressing perceptions in chemical education

• Main Authors: Barke, Hans-Dieter, Hazari, Al, Yitbarek, Sileshi
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2017
• Subjects: Chemistry and Materials Science ; Chemistry > Study and teaching ; Errors, Scientific > Prevention.; 540.71
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/29967
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Over the last decades several researchers discovered that children, pupils and even young adults develop their own understanding of "how nature really works". These pre-concepts concerning combustion, gases or conservation of mass are brought into lectures and teachers have to diagnose and...