Research Gate
By Canan Nakiboglu
“Instructional Misconceptions of Turkish Prospective Chemistry Teachers About Atomic Orbitals and Hybridization”
Publisher: Chemistry Education Research and Practice
Vol. 4
Pp. 171-188
2003
Instructional Misconceptions of Turkish Prospective Chemistry Teachers About Atomic Orbitals and Hybridization
Type: Empirical
Data collection method: Survey
Number of subjects, range: Large — 31 or more
Grade and age of subjects: Adult — over 18 years
- Orbitals are trajectories arranged around the nucleus where electrons rotate.
- An orbital is a fixed energy level that the electron is found on. (Bohr Model)
- An orbital is a line followed by electrons in a determined order.
- An orbital is a shell in which electrons are placed.
- An orbital is the classification of an atom as s, p, d, f.
- An orbital is a place where electrons are arranged to be in order.
- An orbital is a box that is either empty or filled by electrons.