Choose chemical representations carefully
How the combination of representations you use impacts your students’ learning
Be forceful with chemical bonding
Help your students understand chemical bonding with force-based models
Enhance explanations of intermolecular forces
How small prompts can result in big leaps in student understanding
Which is best: practical or simulation?
Students interact with practicals and simulations differently, but does one approach come with better learning outcomes?
Animations boost learning
And reduce cognitive load
Metacognitive motivation
How it can positively influence students’ beliefs in their own abilities
