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The goal of this project was to create an inquiry activity to teach symmetry elements and symmetry operations in an inorganic chemistry course. Many students experience difficulty when building and mentally manipulating three-dimensional mental models from two-dimensional images, causing difficulty when learning symmetry. Process-oriented, guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) was used to structure the activity using a learning cycle paradigm consistent with research on how students learn as described by Novak’s human constructivism theory.
Lee, H. –S., Liu, O. L., Price, C. A., & Kendall, A. (2011). College students’ temporal magnitude recognition ability associated with durations of scientific change. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 48(3), 317-335.
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