Effect of Experience on Retention and Elimination of Misconceptions about Molecular Structure and Bonding

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Chemistry

Publication Date

1-1999

Abstract

A test designed to uncover misconceptions in molecular structure and bonding was administered to students from high school through graduate school and to some college faculty. The study tracked the disappearance of these misconceptions over a time span of 10 years of student experience, along with the development of accepted conceptions.

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This article was originally published in Journal of Chemical Education. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Journal

Journal of Chemical Education

Rights

Copyright © 1999, American Chemical Society

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