Chemical misconceptions I: Scaffolding learning in chemistry

Explore how to create a learning scaffold in chemistry, and how learners may respond to this reinforcement.

This chapter covers how much help teachers should give learners. The balance between ‘spoon-feeding’ and expecting students to cope without support.

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