Dr Melvin Chan co-publishes a journal article in the Chemistry Education Research and Practice journal

Dr Melvin Chan, Assistant Dean of Knowledge Management and Education Research Scientist at the Office of Education Research (OER), co-wrote a journal article titled “Depiction of Scientific Principles, Laws and Theories in Chemistry Textbooks used by Students in Singapore” in the 3^rd issue of the Chemistry Education Research and Practice journal. The article explores how scientific terms such as principle, law and theory are depicted in Chemistry textbooks used by students in Singapore. Findings have shown that most of the textbooks did not provide generic definitions of the three terms, and a few attributes were also not apparent in the specific definitions of the three terms apart from principle.