The importance of history and philosophy of science in correcting distorted views of 'amount of substance' and 'mole' concepts in chemistry teaching

Science and Education

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 403-424

  Padilla, Kira ^a   Furio Mas, Carles ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amount of substance; Equivalentism and atomism paradigms; Historical development; Implications for teaching learning; Mole

Indexed keywords

EID: 40049090331     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-007-9098-2     Document Type: Article

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