This manuscript presents a systematic review of the research on how students conceptualise
matter. Understanding the structure and properties of matter is an essential part of science …

Findings generated by recent research in science education, international debate on the
guiding purposes of science education and the nature of scientific and technological literacy …

Acid–base chemistry is central to a wide range of reactions. If students are able to
understand how and why acid–base reactions occur, it should provide a basis for reasoning …

This chapter briefly traces the history of nature of science (NOS) orientations in science
education, notes some differences in the way NOS is defined and in arguments used to …

The central goal of this study was to create a new diagnostic tool to identify organic
chemistry students' alternative conceptions related to acid strength. Twenty years of …

Teachers play a great role in how students understand and learn the concepts taught in
class. Studies show that teachers reflect their already-existing conceptual constructs and …

General chemistry is the first undergraduate course in which students further develop their
understanding of fundamental chemical concepts. Many of these fundamental topics …

The central goal of this study was to characterize the mental models of acids and acid
strength expressed by advanced college chemistry students when engaged in prediction …

Most organic chemistry reactions occur by a mechanism that includes acid–base chemistry,
so it is important that students develop and learn to use correct conceptions of acids and …

摘要 The special issue of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching aims at building
closer international cooperation, with a specific emphasis on valuing and keeping cultural …