Open AccessINQUIRY DYNAMICS IN THE STUDY OF PERTURBATIONS TO A STATE OF CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM
Author(s) -
Hugo Vieira,
Carla Morais,
João Paiva
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
química nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.214
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1678-7064
pISSN - 0100-4042
DOI - 10.5935/0100-4042.20140215
Subject(s) - dynamics (music) , statistical physics , thermodynamic equilibrium , state (computer science) , chemical dynamics , physics , thermodynamics , computer science , chemical physics , algorithm , acoustics
Educational institutions are not being effective, because they do not give individuals what they need to integrate into postmodern society, nor produce citizens that postmodern society needs. Shortcomings include the scientific literacy and cognitive domain levels attained, with an aggravating waning interest in science among pre-university students. We present an inquiry module, an inquiry dynamic, as an education resource for the study of perturbations of a chemical equilibrium state by pre-university or university students of basic chemistry, to contribute to the relevance and popularity of science, potentiation of science literacy and development of cognition. Here we describe an investigation with pre-university students