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The periodic table is considered to be an important topic of general chemistry courses in most parts of the world. Despite its usefulness as a conceptual tool for organization of the chemical elements, understanding their properties, predicting new elements and a corrective device, most students consider it to be a difficult topic.
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Niaz, M., Luiggi, M. (2014). Facilitating Conceptual Change in Students’ Understanding of the Periodic Table. In: Facilitating Conceptual Change in Students’ Understanding of the Periodic Table. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01086-1_1
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