Intuitive thinking and learning chemistry

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Understanding students' intuitions about the world could provide insight into their misconceptions of chemical concepts

Do students come to chemistry lessons with strong intuitions about the world that could determine how they make sense of chemistry teaching? Do learners have 'prior expectations' about the abstract molecular realm? The answers to such questions could provide insight into addressing students' misconceptions of chemical phenomena.  

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