Correct Interpretation of Chemical Diagrams Requires Transforming from One Level of Representation to Another

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Correct Interpretation of Chemical Diagrams Requires Transforming from One Level of Representation to Another

Volunteer non-major chemistry students taking an introductory university chemistry course (n = 17) were interviewed about their understanding of a variety of chemical diagrams. All the students’ interviewed appreciated that diagrams of laboratory equipment were useful to show how to set up laborator...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Chittleborough, G., Treagust, David
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Kluwer Academic Publishers 2008
Subjects:	Non-major Chemistry Representations First-year university Chemical diagrams Explanations
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16649

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