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The effect of students' perceptions of nature of matter on their laboratory attitudes and their achievement in chemical equilibrium

Authors :
Ayşe Yalçın Çelik
Şafak Uluçınar Sağır
Fulya Oner Armagan
Uzunboylu, H
Cavus, N
[Celik, Ayse Yalcin] Gazi Univ, Fac Educ, Dept Secondary Sci & Math Educ, TR-06500 Ankara, Turkey -- [Sagir, Safak Ulucinar] Amasya Univ, Educ Fac, Dept Primary Sci Educ, Amasya, Turkey -- [Armagan, Fulya Oener] Gazi Univ, Educ Fac, Dept Primary Sci Educ, TR-06500 Ankara, Turkey
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2009.

Abstract

World Conference on Educational Sciences -- FEB 04-07, 2009 -- Nicosia, CYPRUS WOS: 000275580400102 One of the basic subjects that chemistry students have difficulty is chemical equilibrium. Learning of the particulate nature of matter can increase students' achievement in this subject. In addition to this, students' interest, belief and attitude towards chemistry or the nature of matter are factors effecting achievement. In this study the effects of understanding nature of matter and attitudes on university students' achievement in chemical equilibrium subject were investigated. Moreover the effects of gender and department on students' achievement were also examined. It was found that students' attitudes effected their achievement in chemical equilibrium; on the other hand attitudes affected students' comprehension of nature of matter. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b9d275740b2895071d220398bfec6f0f