A significant body of research is focused on student understanding of chemical concepts, particularly in general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry. Few investigations have focused on the study of solids. As part of the VIPEr Fellows project to study foundation level inorganic chemistry courses, faculty from seven institutions used a series of open-ended questions designed to elicit students’ conceptions of conductivity in solids. An open-coding process was used to develop code categories and student responses were analyzed according to these codes. This talk will review what is known of students’ understanding about the electronic properties of solids and will report preliminary findings on student ideas on conductivity in semiconductors and metals. The representations that students used to explain conductivity will also be presented.

Students conceptions on conductivity in solids in foundations level inorganic chemistry

ACS Spring 2022

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