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  1. WHAT AND WHO INSPIRED ME TO BECOME A SCIENTIST AND FURTHER A SCIENCE EDUCATOR?

    Article • Journal of Baltic Science Education, April 2024, Scientia Socialis Ltd

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  2. Undergraduate Chemistry Students’ Perceived Abilities and Declarative Knowledge on Some Basic Aspects and Concepts of Spectroscopy

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, October 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  3. Chemistry students’ conceptual difficulties and problem solving behavior in chemical kinetics, as a component of an introductory physical chemistry course

    Article • Chemistry Teacher International, July 2022, De Gruyter

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  4. Electrostatic quantum mechanical potential maps as visual representations of chemical bonding

    Article • Chemistry Teacher International, June 2021, De Gruyter

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  5. Problem categorization using concept mapping – chemical equilibrium problems

    Article • Chemistry Teacher International, February 2021, De Gruyter

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  6. Collective book on teaching and learning problem solving in chemistry. Editor: Georgios Tsaparlis

    Article • January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  7. Chapter 18. Postscript – Two Issues for Provocative Thought: (a) The Potential Synergy Between HOTS and LOTS (b) When Problem Solving Might Descend to Chaos Dynamics

    Article • January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  8. Chapter 17. Issues, Problems and Solutions: Summing It All Up

    Article • January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  9. Chapter 1. Introduction − The Many Types and Kinds of Chemistry Problems

    Article • January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  10. Chapter 5. It Depends on the Problem and on the Solver: An Overview of the Working Memory Overload Hypothesis, Its Applicability and Its Limitations

    Article • January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  11. HIGHER AND LOWER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS: THE CASE OF CHEMISTRY REVISITED

    Article • Journal of Baltic Science Education, June 2020, Scientia Socialis Ltd

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  12. Affective and Cognitive Outcomes of Project-Based Team Work in a Model Lower Secondary School: The Case of Nuclear Energy

    Article • Science Education International, March 2020, International Council of Associations for Science Education

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  13. Proposed pedagogies for teaching and learning chemical bonding in secondary education

    Article • Chemistry Teacher International, August 2019, De Gruyter

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  14. ORGANIZING AND ATTENDING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

    Article • Journal of Baltic Science Education, December 2018, Scientia Socialis Ltd

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  15. Teaching and Learning Electrochemistry: A review of education research

    Article • Israel Journal of Chemistry, November 2018, Wiley

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  16. Supplementary files (standard and enriched text) DOI: C8RP00035b1, C8RP00035b2, C8RP00035b3.

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  17. Georgios Tsaparlis' selective contributions to Greek and international chemistry education

    Article • January 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  18. Controlling the variables relating to chemistry teaching and the training of chemistry teachers

    Article • Studies in Science Education, July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  19. The logical and psychological structure of physical chemistry and its relevance to graduate students' opinions about the difficulties of the major areas of the subject

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  20. Concepts, theoretical constructs, models, theories and the varied and rich practice of “Relevant chemistry education”

    Article • Studies in Science Education, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  21. The logical and psychological structure of physical chemistry and its relevance to the organization/sequencing of the major areas covered in physical chemistry textbooks

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  22. Physical chemistry education: its multiple facets and aspects

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  23. Cognitive Demand

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  24. Linking the Macro with the Submicro Levels of Chemistry: Demonstrations and Experiments that can Contribute to Active/Meaningful/Conceptual Learning

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  25. Students’ Knowledge of Nuclear Science and Its Connection with Civic Scientific Literacy in Two European Contexts: The Case of Newspaper Articles

    Article • Science & Education, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  26. Concepts of Matter in Science Education

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  27. Using computer simulations in chemistry problem solving

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  28. Toward a Scientifically Sound Understanding of Concepts of Matter

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  29. Learning and Teaching the Basic Quantum Chemical Concepts

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  30. Introduction: Concepts of Matter – Complex to Teach and Difficult to Learn

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  31. Student Conceptions of Ionic Bonding: Patterns of thinking across three European contexts

    Article • International Journal of Science Education, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  32. Applying catastrophe theory to an information‐processing model of problem solving in science education

    Article • Science Education, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  33. Evaluation of questions in general chemistry textbooks according to the form of the questions and the Question-Answer Relationship (QAR): the case of intra- and intermolecular chemical bonding

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  34. Lower-secondary introductory chemistry course: a novel approach based on science-education theories, with emphasis on the macroscopic approach, and the delayed meaningful teaching of the concepts of molecule and atom

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  35. High‐school Students' Conceptual Difficulties and Attempts at Conceptual Change: The case of basic quantum chemical concepts

    Article • International Journal of Science Education, May 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  36. Students' levels of explanations, models, and misconceptions in basic quantum chemistry: A phenomenographic study

    Article • Journal of Research in Science Teaching, January 2009, Wiley

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  37. Learning at the Macro Level: The Role of Practical Work

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  38. Conceptual versus algorithmic learning in high school chemistry: the case of basic quantum chemical concepts. Part 1. Statistical analysis of a quantitative study

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  39. Conceptual versus algorithmic learning in high school chemistry: the case of basic quantum chemical concepts. Part 2. Students’ common errors, misconceptions and difficulties in understanding

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  40. Teaching and Learning Physical Chemistry: A Review of Educational Research

    Article • December 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  41. Addition of a Project-Based Component to a Conventional Expository Physical Chemistry Laboratory

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, April 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  42. A study of group interaction processes in learning lower secondary physics

    Article • Journal of Research in Science Teaching, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  43. Explicit teaching of problem categorisation and a preliminary study of its effect on student performance – the case of problems in colligative properties of ideal solutions

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  44. Non‐algorithmic quantitative problem solving in university physical chemistry: a correlation study of the role of selective cognitive factors

    Article • Research in Science & Technological Education, November 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  45. Cognitive Variables in Problem Solving: A Nonlinear Approach

    Article • International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  46. Instructional Misconceptions in Acid-Base Equilibria: An Analysis from a History and Philosophy of Science Perspective

    Article • Science & Education, February 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  47. Conceptual understanding versus algorithmic problem solving: Further evidence from a national chemistry examination

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  48. A modification of a conventional expository physical chemistry laboratory to accommodate an inquiry/project‐based component: Method and students' evaluation

    Article • Canadian Journal of Science Mathematics and Technology Education, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  49. ANALOGIES IN CHEMISTRY TEACHING AS A MEANS OF ATTAINMENT OF COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE OBJECTIVES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN A NATURALISTIC SETTING, USING ANALOGIES WITH A STRONG SOCIAL CONTENT

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  50. Constructivism: Defense or a Continual Critical Appraisal A Response to Gil-Pérez et al.

    Article • Science & Education, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis, Fouad S Abd-El-Khalick

  51. CHEMICAL PHENOMENA VERSUS CHEMICAL REACTIONS: DO STUDENTS MAKE THE CONNECTION?

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  52. A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF A PRACTICAL ACTIVITY ON PROBLEM SOLVING IN CHEMISTRY

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  53. Nonlinear Analysis of the Effect of Working Memory Capacity on Student Performance in Problem Solving

    Article • January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  54. A Complexity Theory Model in Science Education Problem Solving: Random Walks for Working Memory and Mental Capacity

    Article • January 2003, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  55. Achievement in Chemistry Problem-Solving as a Function of the Mobility-Fixity Dimension

    Article • Perceptual and Motor Skills, December 2002, SAGE Publications

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  56. QUANTUM-CHEMICAL CONCEPTS: ARE THEY SUITABLE FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS?

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  57. STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN SOLVING NUMERICAL CHEMICAL-EQUILIBRIUM PROBLEMS

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  58. TOWARDS A MEANINGFUL INTRODUCTION TO THE SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION THROUGH HISTORICAL AND HEURISTIC APPROACHES

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  59. PHYSICAL-SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE AND PATTERNS OF ACHIEVEMENT AT THE PRIMARY-SECONDARY INTERFACE PART 1. GENERAL STUDENT POPULATION

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  60. PHYSICAL-SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE AND PATTERNS OF ACHIEVEMENT AT THE PRIMARY-SECONDARY INTERFACE PART 2. ABLE AND TOP-ACHIEVING STUDENTS

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  61. A model of problem solving: Its operation, validity, and usefulness in the case of organic-synthesis problems

    Article • Science Education, March 2000, Wiley

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  62. A model of problem solving: Its operation, validity, and usefulness in the case of organic-synthesis problems

    Article • Science Education, March 2000, Wiley

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  63. THE STATES-OF-MATTER APPROACH (SOMA) TO INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  64. TEACHING LOWER-SECONDARY CHEMISTRY WITH A PIAGETIAN CONSTRUCTIVIST AND AN AUSBELIAN MEANINGFUL-RECEPTIVE METHOD: A LONGITUDINAL COMPARISON

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  65. AN INTEGRATED PHYSICAL-SCIENCE (PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY) INTRODUCTION FOR LOWER-SECONDARY LEVEL (GRADE 7)

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  66. CHEMISTRY TEACHING IN LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH METHODS BASED ON: A) PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES; B) THE MACRO, REPRESENTATIONAL, AND SUBMICRO LEVELS OF CHEMISTRY

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  67. NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF WORKING-MEMORY CAPACITY ON ORGANIC-SYNTHESIS PROBLEM SOLVING

    Article • Chemistry Education Research and Practice, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  68. Application of Complexity Theory to an Information Processing Model in Science Education

    Article • January 1999, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  69. Students' Self-Assessment in Chemistry Examinations Requiring Higher- and Lower-Order Cognitive Skills

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, January 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  70. Molecular-equilibrium problems: Manipulation of logical structure and of M-demand, and their effect on student performance

    Article • Science Education, July 1998, Wiley

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  71. Dimensional analysis and predictive models in problem solving

    Article • International Journal of Science Education, March 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  72. Atomic and Molecular Structure in Chemical Education: A Critical Analysis from Various Perspectives of Science Education

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, August 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  73. Atomic orbitals, molecular orbitals and related concepts: Conceptual difficulties among chemistry students

    Article • Research in Science Education, June 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  74. Higher and lower-order cognitive skills: The case of chemistry

    Article • Research in Science Education, March 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  75. The chemical bond as an atomic tug-of-war

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, August 1984, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis

  76. Exchange interaction in oxygen-bridged dimers of copper(II) with aromatic N-oxides

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM, December 1983, Elsevier

    Professor Georgios Tsaparlis