Lost in lewis structures: An investigation of student difficulties in developing representational competence

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 869-874

  Cooper, Melanie M ^a   Grove, Nathaniel ^a   Underwood, Sonia M ^a   Klymkowsky, Michael W ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical education research; CLIC; First year undergraduate general; High school introductory chemistry; Molecular properties structure; Second year undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955872523     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed900004y     Document Type: Article

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