Exploring the development of student's conceptual profiles of chemical change

Núria Solsona, Mercè Izquierdo, Onno de Jong

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Abstract

A naturalistic small-scale study was carried out, involving a class from a senior high school in Spain over two years. The students were requested on two occasions to write an essay about chemical change. The essays were subjected to text analysis techniques. Four conceptual profiles were identified: the interactive, the meccano, the kitchen, and the incoherent. The development of these profiles is reported and the implications of our research for the process of teaching the concept of chemical change are given.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3-12
JournalInternational Journal of Science Education
Volume25
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2003

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