# Concept Development Studies in Chemistry

- By: John S. Hutchinson
- Publisher: OpenStax CNX
- Source: [Open Textbook Library](https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/concept-development-studies-in-chemistry)
- Licence: Attribution
- PDF: https://archive.org/details/cnx-org-col10264
- eBook: https://archive.org/details/cnx-org-col10264

This collection of Concept Development Studies in Chemistry is presented to redirect the focus of learning. In each concept development study, a major chemical concept is developed and refined by analysis of experimental observations and careful reasoning. Each study begins with the definition of an initial Foundation of assumed knowledge, followed by a statement of questions which arise from the Foundation. Analysis of these questions is presented as a series of observations and logical deductions, followed by further questions. This detailed process is followed until the conceptual development of a model provides a reasonable answer to the stated questions.