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Primo Levi and The Periodic Table: Teaching Chemistry Using a Literary Text

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Viktoria Klara Lakatos Osorio , Peter Wilhelm Tiedemann and Paulo Alves Porto

Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84 (5), p 775

DOI: 10.1021/ed084p775

Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2007

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History, Education, and Documentation

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We describe the use of a chapter excerpt from Primo Levi's book The Periodic Table in two courses for first-year undergraduate students offered by the Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo. The aim is to motivate the students by giving them a problem-solving activity based on a literary text.

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High School / Introductory Chemistry

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Chemical Education Research

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Problem Solving / Decision Making

Keywords (Subject):

Metals

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