La cohésion de la matière: Une approche historique

Translated title of the contribution: Mater cohesion: A historic approach

Alain Dumon*, Aytekin Cokelez

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Abstract

The teaching of mater cohesion (covalent bond, ionic and molecular interactions) makes one's first appearance, in France, in grade 10 and continues in grade 11. Number of centuries have been necessary for working out the different concepts involved. It has been required for this to quit the perceptible material world and to elaborate representations placed on the other side of this world. The objective of this historic approach is to make in evidence that a new idea put a long time before to implant in the mind and become operational. She comes up again a lack of understanding, very decided views, etc. If a strong link can not be established between a historic elaboration of these abstract concepts and their constructions by students (contexts are different), we can imagine that students could encounter difficulties and take time to assimilate them.

Translated title of the contributionMater cohesion: A historic approach
Original languageFrench
Pages (from-to)49-56
Number of pages8
JournalActualite Chimique
Issue number297
Publication statusPublished - May 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Atom
  • Bond
  • Cohesion
  • History
  • Molecule

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