期刊名称：Eurasian Journal of Physics and Chemistry Education
印刷版ISSN：1306-3049
出版年度：2013
卷号：5
期号：2
语种：English
出版社：Moment Publications
摘要：This study has reviewed the last three decades of students’ conception researches on the particulate nature of matter (PNM). To achieve this, criteria were developed to summarize and present the findings by focusing on insights derived from the related studies. The criteria incorporated the following themes: year, type (students’ understanding, comparative, experimental, or review), aim, sample and data collection tools. Seventy nine papers were examined in the study. These papers were related to students’ understanding and alternative conceptions of the PNM and the effects of different methods on students’ learning. The results of the studies reports that traditional teaching strategies are ineffective in helping students to develop a complete understanding of the matter, phase changes and the PNM, to alleviate alternative conceptions, and to promote conceptual change. And also, most of the new methods have positive effect on students’ conceptual understanding and alternative conceptions. This study intends to provide useful knowledge for teachers, researchers, curriculum developers and textbook writers.
关键词：Chemistry education, the particulate nature of matter (PNM), students’ understanding, review
