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Direct linkSimone Dunphy; Zachary Weisse – Journal of Chemical Education, 2025
Dimensional analysis is an algorithm currently in use in almost every chemistry classroom in the United States. Chemistry educators use this procedural tool in the classroom with the intention of providing students with a reliable method to solve many of the relatively simple math problems they encounter. The unintended consequence of using this…
Descriptors: Science Education, Chemistry, Introductory Courses, Scientific Concepts
