Investigating the effect of complexity factors in stoichiometry problems using logistic regression and eye tracking

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 969-975

  Tang, Hui ^a,b   Kirk, John ^a,c   Pienta, Norbert J ^a,b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Education Research; First Year Undergraduate General; High School Introductory Chemistry; Problem Solving Decision Making; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904129798     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed4004113     Document Type: Article

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