Introducing Dynamic Equilibrium as an Explanatory Model

Jan H. Van Driel and Nico Verloop
ICLON Graduate School of Education, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Wobbe de Vos
Centre for Science and Mathematics Education, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76 (4), p 559
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p559
Publication Date (Web): April 1, 1999

Abstract

This article describes an educational design for the introduction of chemical equilibrium, in which students' authentic experiences with chemical phenomena play a central role. The students' most effective type of reasoning appeared to be based on the idea that, in a state of equilibrium, all conditions for both the forward and the backward reaction to take place are satisfied.

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