College chemistry students' mental models of acids and acid strength

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Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering. (2012, background): “In a study of the mental models that organic chemistry students use when making predictions about the relative acid strength of different substances, 7 of 19 students interviewed had mental models that caused them to classify acids and bases by surface features and simple heuristics rather than usin”
The tip of the iceberg in organic chemistry classes: how do students deal with the invisible? (2015, background): “However, McClary and Talanquer (2011b) stated that the students were successful over 40% of the time by using heuristic strategies but that less than 8% based their explanation on acceptable scientific concepts related to acid–base chemistry.”
Development and Assessment of A Diagnostic Tool to Identify Organic Chemistry Students’ Alternative Conceptions Related to Acid Strength (2012, background): “For example, McClary and Talanquer (2011a) described how students reasoned that stable molecules were Development and Assessment of A Diagnostic Tool 15”