Química Nova (Jan 2011)

Dificuldades conceituais no aprendizado de equilíbrios químicos envolvendo reações ácido-base

  • Mauro Bertotti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422011001000018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34, no. 10
pp. 1836 – 1839

Abstract

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Common student misunderstandings regarding chemical equilibrium are reported taking into account the response of freshman students to some typical questions involving acid-base reactions. Language has been shown to be one of the main issues associated with students' difficulties on this subject, such as in the case of concentration and amount of substance (mol). Another usual problem was observed in questions involving buffer solutions after addition of a reagent. A number of recommendations have emerged from the results presented in this work as an attempt to enhance the learning of this topic in general chemistry courses given to first-year students.

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