Particles and kids: How does understanding develop?

CHED 163

Mary B. Nakhleh, mnakhleh@purdue.edu1, Ala Samarapungavan2, Yilmaz Saglam, ysaglam@gantep.edu.tr3, and Jessica K Weller1. (1) Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084, (2) Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, 47907, (3) School of Education, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
We present data from four studies probing students' beliefs about the particulate nature of matter (PNM). We interviewed elementary, middle school, and university students, as well Turkish middle school students. From these data we begin to see how & when students develop their understanding of PNM and the teaching implications of those understandings.
 

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