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Pratt, Justin M.; Stewart, Joanne L.; Reisner, Barbara A.; Bentley, Anne K.; Lin, Shirley; Smith, Sheila R.; Raker, Jeffrey R. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
The association between student motivation and learning, and changes in motivation across a course, were evaluated for students enrolled in one-semester foundation-level inorganic chemistry courses at multiple postsecondary institutions across the United States. The Academic Motivation Scale for Chemistry (AMS-Chemistry) and the Foundations of…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Inorganic Chemistry, Introductory Courses, College Science
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Song, Youngjin; Carheden, Shannon – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2014
Learning chemistry vocabulary that has both scientific and everyday meanings, which we call dual meaning vocabulary (DMV), can be challenging for many students. This qualitative study investigated how college students understand 11 selected DMV words before and after traditional chemistry instruction and to what extent they retain the scientific…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Nonmajors, Interviews