A Study of Hybridization Understanding from Algorithmic to Conceptual – Is Algorithmic an End Point for Students?

26 May 2020, Version 1
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Abstract

This paper details the results of a qualitative study examining the reasoning students use to solve common hybridization theory assessment questions and their mental images of hybrid and atomic orbitals. The data were collected through think-aloud interviews as students worked through a five-question questionnaire. Prior to recruitment, the study was deemed to be exempt from IRB review by Sterling IRB. Prior to start of interviews participants provided verbal consent. The resulting transcripts and answers were analyzed following the practices of grounded theory and constant comparative analysis. Coding schemes can be found in the Supplementary Information section. Results, conclusions, and implications for teaching are presented in the manuscript.

Keywords

First-Year Undergraduate/General
Second-Year Undergraduate Chemistry
chemical education research
Organic ChemistryAs
misconceptions/discrepant events
Problem Solving/Decision Making
covalent bonding
Lewis Structures
Properties/Structure
valence bond theory
VSEPR Theory

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Hybridization Understanding SI ChemRXIV
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