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Terra Firma: "Physics First" for Teaching Chemistry to Pre-Service Elementary School Teachers

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Michelle B. More

Department of Chemistry, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-2503

J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84 (4), p 622

DOI: 10.1021/ed084p622

Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007

Abstract

Teaching chemistry to pre-service elementary school teachers can be more successful if they know basic physics concepts. In this paper, a chemistry class is described in which basic physics is taught first to provide a solid foundation for the learning of introductory chemistry.

Keywords (Audience):

Elementary / Middle School Science

Keywords (Domain):

Chemical Education Research

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Analogies / Transfer

Keywords (Subject):

Nonmajor Courses

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Received: August 03, 2009

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