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Mutambuki, Jacinta M.; Schwartz, Renee – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
This study investigated the implementation of best teaching practices by science graduate teaching assistants [GTAs] (3 chemists and 2 biologists) in five inquiry-based, interdisciplinary chemistry-biology experiments during a six-week professional development (PD) program, Engage PD. Additionally, we examined GTAs' experiences in implementing…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Faculty Development, Models, Teaching Methods
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Körhasan, Nilüfer Didis; Wang, Lu – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
Mental modeling, which is a theory about knowledge organization, has been recently studied by science educators to examine students' understanding of scientific concepts. This qualitative study investigates undergraduate students' mental models of atomic spectra. Nine second-year physics students, who have already taken the basic chemistry and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Physics, Quantum Mechanics
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Wheeler, Lindsay B.; Maeng, Jennifer L.; Whitworth, Brooke A. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this qualitative investigation was to better understand teaching assistants' (TAs') perceptions of training in a guided inquiry undergraduate general chemistry laboratory context. The training was developed using existing TA training literature and informed by situated learning theory. TAs engaged in training prior to teaching (~25…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Teaching Assistants, Inquiry, Undergraduate Study