College chemistry students' mental models of acids and acid strength

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 396-413

  McClary, Lakeisha ^a   Talanquer, Vicente ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

chemistry; college education; explanations; mental models; reasoning

Indexed keywords

ACID STRENGTHS; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; CHEMISTRY STUDENTS; COGNITIVE TOOL; COLLEGE EDUCATION; EXPLANATIONS; MENTAL MODEL; MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY COURSE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REASONING; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS; SYNTHETIC MODELS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79952775145     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20407     Document Type: Article

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