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Overton, Tina L.; Bradley, John S. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2010
In this paper we describe the development and evaluation of two activities for delivery in first year B.Sc. and M.Chem. degree courses, in which we introduced an international context representing either a linguistic or a cultural modification to the previously developed case studies. The case studies focus on an industrial and an environmental…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Chemistry, Foreign Countries
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Smith, Catherine J. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012
Despite being criticised for placing little emphasis on thinking, the majority of laboratory work at school level is taught "via" expository "recipe-style" labs. This has been seen to result in students struggling to be able to apply the practical techniques they have learnt in the classroom outside the narrow environment in which they were…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Chemistry, Independent Study, Skill Development
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Williams, Dylan P.; Woodward, Jonathan R.; Symons, Sarah L.; Davies, David L. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2010
Year 1 of the chemistry degree at the University of Leicester has been significantly changed by the integration of a problem based learning (PBL) component into the introductory inorganic/physical chemistry module, "Chemical Principles". Small groups of 5-6 students were given a series of problems with real world scenarios and were then…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Assisted Instruction, Problem Based Learning, Chemistry