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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
Resources for Student Assessment
Puzzles in Chemistry and Logic
Carlos Mauricio Castro-Acuña and Ramiro E. Dominguez-Danache
Departmento de Fisicoquimica, Facultad de Quimica, UNAM, 04150 D.F. Mexico

Paul Kelter and Julie Grundman
Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304

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April 1999
Vol. 76 No. 4
p. 496
Abstract
Teaching problem solving has always been challenging for chemistry teachers. Interesting problems take a variety of forms. At the Mexico National Science Olympiad, "puzzles in chemistry and logic" are often used as an interesting, well-received part of the chemistry competition. These logic puzzles were field-tested with a diverse audience in the general chemistry classes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and were found to be challenging and fairly enjoyable. In this paper we describe and give several examples of logic puzzles.
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*  Citation
 Castro-Acuña, Carlos Mauricio; Dominguez-Danache, Ramiro E.; Kelter, Paul B.; Grundman, Julie. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 496.
*  Keywords
 Chemical Education Research; Problem-Based Learning; Teaching / Learning Aids; Introductory / High School Chemistry; Teaching/Learning Theory/Practice; problem solving; reasoning skills; logic puzzles
*  History
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Last Updated:		 June 14, 1999
June 23, 2005
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