Chemistry: content, context and choices : towards students' higher order problem solving in upper secondary school

Chemistry is often claimed to be difficult, irrelevant, and uninteresting to school students. Even students who enjoy doing science often have problems seeing themselves as being scientists. This thesis explores and challenges the negative perception of chemistry by investigating upper secondary stu...

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Main Author: Broman, Karolina
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för naturvetenskapernas och matematikens didaktik 2015
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-95956
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7601-157-7