College students solving chemistry problems: A theoretical model of expertise

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1070-1089

  Taasoobshirazi, Gita ^a   Glynn, Shawn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Cognitive science; Conceptualization; Problem solving; Self efficacy; Statistics multivariate; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF THOUGHT-RATIONAL; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE; CONCEPTUALIZATION; PROPERTIES OF SOLUTIONS; SELF EFFICACY; STRATEGY; THEORETICAL MODELING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 73349090601     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20301     Document Type: Article

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