Review on conceptual change and learning of chemistry in research
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Review on conceptual change and learning of chemistry in research. (2021). Tesis Psicológica, 16(2), 124-147. https://doi.org/10.37511/tesis.v16n2a7

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Background: Within conceptual change, there are different theoretical perspectives from which nature, characteristics, and mechanisms of change in students' ideas are studied; knowing these ideas is fundamental before developing teaching processes. Objective: To know the most cited authors and articles in the area of conceptual change and learning of chemistry, as well as the journals in which these articles are published. Method: A search was conducted in the Web of Science and Scopus databases between 2009 and 2019, taking into account the following inclusion criteria: area of knowledge (studies in education), type of document, a research article published in specialized journals, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Results: After applying the inclusion criteria, 12 articles were finally analyzed using the Bibliometrix package in R software. Conclusion: The predominance of unidimensional approaches in the study of conceptual change in chemistry is evident. In these studies, quantitative and mixed approaches prevail. On the other hand, there is a growing tendency to study students' ideas from a multidimensional viewpoint in which emotions, social interaction, and self-regulation influence the processes of conceptual change.

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