Problems and Problem Solving in Chemistry Education (eBook)

Introduction − The Many Types and Kinds of Chemistry Problems; Qualitative Reasoning in Problem-solving in Chemistry; Scaffolding Metacognition and Resource Activation During Problem Solving: A Continuum Perspective; Deconstructing the Problem-solving Process: Beneath Assigned Points and Beyond Traditional Assessment; It Depends on the Problem and on the Solver: An Overview of the Working Memory Overload Hypothesis, Its Applicability and Its Limitations; Mechanistic Reasoning Using the Electron-pushing Formalism; Scaffolding Synthesis Skills in Organic Chemistry; Problem Solving Using NMR and IR Spectroscopy for Structural Characterization in Organic Chemistry; Assessing System Ontology in Biochemistry: Analysis of Students’ Problem Solving in Enzyme Kinetics; Problem Solving in the Chemistry Teaching Laboratory: Is This Something That Happens?; Problems and Problem Solving in the Light of Context-based Chemistry; Using Team Based Learning to Promote Problem Solving Through Active Learning; Technology, Molecular Representations, and Student Understanding in Chemistry; An Educational Software for Supporting Students’ Learning of IR Spectral Interpretation; Exploring Chemistry Problems with Computational Quantum Chemistry Tools in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum; Methodological and Epistemological Issues in Science Education Problem-solving Research: Linear and Nonlinear Paradigms; Issues, Problems and Solutions: Summing It All Up; Postscript – Two Issues for Provocative Thought: (a) The Potential Synergy Between HOTS and LOTS (b) When Problem Solving Might Descend to Chaos Dynamics