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Using the Origin of Chemical Ideas to Enhance an Understanding of the Chemistry of Air: Issues and Challenges for Including Mathematics in the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry

avondale-bepress.context-key4296220
avondale-bepress.submission-pathsci_math_papers/33
avondale.affiliatede Berg, Kevin
avondale.facultyScience
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avondale.reporting.versionPublished Version
dc.contributor.authorde Berg, Kevin C.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:37:09Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:37:09Z
dc.date.issued2012-05-01
dc.date.submitted2013-07-08T21:48:17Z
dc.description.abstract<p>This paper describes some of the mathematical components of a narrative constructed for first-year tertiary chemistry students to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry in 2011. The narrative is entitled, "Making Good Use of the Air Around Us", and deals with the origin of our understanding of the physical and chemical properties of air largely through the work of Robert Boyle and Antoine Lavoisier. The paper argues for the importance of mathematics not only as a skill but as a language for the teaching and learning of chemistry and indicates that our efforts to have mathematicians and chemists work together on curriculum issues need to be re-energized if we are to enhance our understanding of such a progressive discipline as chemistry.</p>
dc.identifier.citation<p>de Berg, K. C. (2012). Using the origin of chemical ideas to enhance an understanding of the chemistry of air: issues and challenges for including mathematics in the teaching and learning of chemistry.<em> Educacion Quimica, 23</em>(2), 265-270. doi:10.1016/S0187-893X(17)30153-2</p>
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0187-893X(17)30153-2
dc.identifier.issn1870-8404
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/04296220
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.provenance<p>This article was originally published as:</p> <p>de Berg, K. C. (2012). Using the origin of chemical ideas to enhance an understanding of the chemistry of air: issues and challenges for including mathematics in the teaching and learning of chemistry.<em> Educacion Quimica 23</em>(E2), 1-6.</p> <p>ISSN: 1870-8404</p>
dc.relation.ispartofEducacion Quimica
dc.rights<p>Due to copyright restrictions this article is unavailable for download.</p> <p>© Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2012</p>
dc.subjectboyle
dc.subjectlavoisier
dc.subjectair
dc.subjectmathematization
dc.subjectproportion experiment
dc.titleUsing the Origin of Chemical Ideas to Enhance an Understanding of the Chemistry of Air: Issues and Challenges for Including Mathematics in the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry
dc.typeJournal Article

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