It's Just Math: Research on Students' Understanding of Chemistry and Mathematics

Description

How Did We Get Here? Using and Applying Mathematics in Chemistry -- A Modeling Perspective on Supporting Students' Reasoning with Mathematics in Chemistry -- Mathematics in Chemical Kinetics: Which Is the Cart and Which Is the Horse? -- Graphs: Working with Models at the Crossroad between Chemistry and Mathematics -- Graphs as Objects: Mathematical Resources Used by Undergraduate Biochemistry Students To Reason about Enzyme Kinetics -- Math Self-Beliefs Relate to Achievement in Introductory Chemistry Courses -- "But You Didn't Give Me the Formula!" and Other Math Challenges in the Context of a Chemistry Course -- Transition of Mathematics Skills into Introductory Chemistry Problem Solving -- Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching in Chemistry: Identifying Opportunities To Advance Instruction -- The Logic of Proportional Reasoning and Its Transfer into Chemistry -- Making Sense of Mathematical Relationships in Physical Chemistry -- What Education Research Related to Calculus Derivatives and Integrals Implies for Chemistry Instruction and Learning -- Developing an Active Approach to Chemistry-Based Group Theory -- Systems Thinking as a Vehicle To Introduce Additional Computational Thinking Skills in General Chemistry -- Video-Based Kinetic Analysis of Period Variations and Oscillation Patterns in the Ce/Fe-Catalyzed Four-Color Belousov-Zhabotinsky Oscillating Reaction -- Editors' Biographies.