How can I improve N12 students’ ability to write simple chemical entities using chemical symbols and formulas on introductory general chemistry course-1 (chem. 101)?

Abstract

This study an action research intended to improve my own students’ abilities to write chemical symbols and formulas correctly while studying Chemistry in the college (KCTE) that I am serving as an instructor. The specific objectives of the study were a) to identify the major difficulties of students in writing the most commonly used chemical symbols and chemical formulae for common inorganic entities, and b) to enable students write the correct chemical symbols and formulas for these common inorganic chemical entities.