Berthorie Beauvoir

Building mental models of a reaction mechanism: the influence of static and animated representations, prior knowledge, and spatial ability† Amanda Bongers, ‡a Berthorie Beauvoir,a Nicholas Streja,a Georg Northoffb and Alison B.

Building mental models of a reaction mechanism: the influence of static and animated representations, prior knowledge, and spatial ability In chemistry, novices and experts use mental models to simulate and reason about sub-microscopic processes. Animations are thus important tools for learning in chemistry to convey reaction dynamics and molecular motion.