External visual representations of chemical entities and processes (chemical
representations) play a critical role in chemical thinking and practice. They support …

The fluent use of the chemical language is a major tool for successfully passing chemistry
courses at school or university as well as for working as a chemist, since chemical formulae …

The idea that chemical knowledge can be represented in three main ways: macro, submicro,
and symbolic (chemistry triplet) has become paradigmatic in chemistry and science …

Meaningful understanding of chemistry, among others, includes the ability of an individual to
think simultaneously at macroscopic, submicroscopic and symbolic levels, and this …

Identifying students' misconceptions and learning difficulties and finding effective ways of
addressing them has been one of the major concerns in chemistry education. However, the …

The present article discusses the design and impact of computer‐based visualization tools
for supporting student learning and representational competence in science. Specifically …

Although molecular-level details are part of the upper-secondary biology curriculum in most
countries, many studies report that students fail to connect molecular knowledge to …

Este trabalho apresenta um panorama das pesquisas em Educação Química que tratam da
questão da representação do conhecimento químico. Focalizamos nosso estudo naqueles …

Chemistry is considered a difficult subject to study since it comprises microscopic,
macroscopic, and symbolic components. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the …

Research in science education agrees that one of the key challenges of learners in the
discipline is certainly connecting domain-specific representations to the underlying …