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Coscarelli, William C.; Schwen, Thomas M. – Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 1979
Presented three algorithms to university students in an introductory laboratory chemistry course and found that differences in the effects of representation modes--flow charts, lists, and standard prose--were complex and changed over 10 lab sessions. There was no evidence that representation mode affected critical thinking ability or final grade.…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking
