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Direct linkCooper, Melanie M.; Corley, Leah M.; Underwood, Sonia M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
The connection between the molecular-level structure of a substance and its macroscopic properties is a fundamental concept in chemistry. Students in college-level general and organic chemistry courses were interviewed to investigate how they used structure-property relationships to predict properties such as melting and boiling points. Although…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Molecular Structure, Scientific Concepts
Nakhleh, Mary B.; Samarapungavan, Ala; Saglam, Yilmaz – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
The objective of this study was to examine middle school students' developing understanding of the nature of matter and to compare middle school students' ideas to those of elementary schools students, as was done by Nakhleh and Samarapungavan ["J Res Sci Teach" 36(7):777-805, 1999]. Nine middle school students were interviewed using a scripted,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Elementary School Students, Interviews
