Cover
Preface
Acknowledgements
Dedication
The Author
Contents
Chapter 1 The Working Memory Story: Why Is It Difficult to Understand Chemistry?
1.1 The Early Days
1.2 The 1960s Scottish School Chemistry Curriculum
1.3 Chemistry Is Difficult
1.4 Information Load
1.5 The Working Memory
1.6 The Breakthrough Experiment
1.7 Reasoning Chains
1.8 Wider Insights
1.9 Key Messages
References
Chapter 2 The Central Role of Working Memory: How We Handle Information
2.1 Looking Back
2.2 Other Insights
2.3 Johnstone's Central Question
2.4 Further Insights
2.5 Information Processing
2.6 The Perception Filter
2.7 Key Messages
References
Chapter 3 Johnstone's Triangle: Why Chemistry Is Difficult
3.1 Looking Back
3.2 Johnstone's Central Question
3.3 Three Thought Levels
3.4 Developing Ideas Further
3.5 The Triangle in the Literature
3.6 Specific Insights
3.7 Models and Representations
3.8 Key Messages
References
Chapter 4 Johnstone's Triangle and the Curriculum: Making Chemistry Accessible
4.1 Looking Back
4.2 Why Teach Chemistry?
4.3 What Chemistry and When?
4.4 Ways Forward
4.5 Chemistry's Place in Schools
4.6 Johnstone's Triangle and the Curriculum
4.7 Johnstone's Triangle and Laboratory Teaching
4.8 Johnstone's Triangle and Teaching
4.9 Chemistry and Assessment
4.10 Key Messages
References
Chapter 5 Johnstone's Triangle and the Learning Process: Making Understanding Accessible
5.1 Looking Back
5.2 The Role of Language
5.3 The Visual-Spatial
5.4 Diagrams and Physical Models
5.5 Models and Molecular Structures
5.6 Moving Models
5.7 The Behaviour of Molecular Entities
5.8 Graphs and Group-work
5.9 Key Messages
References
Chapter 6 Releasing Understanding: Three Broad Approaches to Teaching.

6.1 Looking Back
6.2 Teaching for Understanding
6.3 Teaching as Telling
6.4 Teaching as Sharing
6.5 Teaching as Doing
6.6 Key Messages
References
Chapter 7 Tips and Tricks: Practical Ways to Develop Teaching
7.1 Looking Back
7.2 Atomic Theory
7.3 The Mole
7.4 Redox
7.5 Thermodynamics
7.6 Entropy
7.7 Ideas for Younger Learners
7.8 Organic Chemistry
7.9 Key Messages
References
Chapter 8 Bringing It Together: The Model and Chemistry Teaching and Learning
8.1 Looking Back
8.2 The Research Story
8.3 The Triangle and Chemistry Education Today
8.4 The Triangle and Teaching
8.5 Ten Principles
References
Subject Index.