Evaluation of questions in general chemistry textbooks according to the form of the questions and the question-answer relationship (QAR): The case of intra- and intermolecular chemical bonding

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-270

  Pappa, Eleni T ^a   Tsaparlis, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Close type questions; Declarative knowledge; General chemistry textbooks; Intermolecular chemical bonding; Intramolecular chemical bonding; Open type questions; Procedural knowledge; Question answer relationship (QAR); Textbook questions; Types of questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054101282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1rp90031e     Document Type: Article

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