This project studies the misconceptions that middle school students have in chemistry. Using information taken from research on the misconceptions, this project uses the ASSISTments system to design an activity that uses both a microworld and a simulation to improve middle school students' understanding of chemistry. This activity proposes two possible scenarios that introduce a microscopic-level view of chemical changes and a macro-level perspective, and questions whether introducing one level first before the other would improve students' understanding.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Waple, Catherine Ann
• Hur, Somyi
• MacLaughlin, Janelle Kathleen

Subject

• Learning
• Computing
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-052312-184140

Keyword

• Education, Secondary
• Science--Study and teaching
• Web sites--Design and construction

Advisor

• Gobert, Janice
• Deskins, N Aaron

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-05-23

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-11-20