Volume : IV, Issue : XII, December - 2014

Promoting Conceptual Change and Algorithmic Learning in College Students Understanding of Molecular Density

King Ndash Dow Su

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This study constructs strategies of problem–solving skills to promote conceptual change, algorithmic learning and investigates its effectiveness on students’ understanding of the molecular density concept. The sample consists of 47 college students in a primary electronic engineering department. As a quasi–experimental method, it divides college students into two teaching groups, the experimental group and the control group. The statistic results demonstrated that the experimental group students who had finished the learning strategies had shown better learning performance than those of the control group students. Experimental students also had more accurate answering rates of posttests in contrast to their pretests. The same experimental group students with different learning attitudes indicated more significant conceptual change and algorithmic understanding after completing strategies of problem–solving maps.

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KING–DOW SU Promoting Conceptual Change and Algorithmic Learning in College Students’ Understanding of Molecular Density Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue : 12 December 2014

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