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Zotos, Eleni K.; Tyo, Jordan J.; Shultz, Ginger V. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
Many recent studies document the difficulties that students experience when learning organic chemistry, often due to the complex visualization and reasoning skills required to successfully understand the ways molecules interact in specific environments. Many of these studies call on instructors to improve their teaching strategies to support…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Organic Chemistry, Scientific Concepts
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Kadioglu-Akbulut, Cansel; Uzuntiryaki-Kondakci, Esen – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
The current study investigated the effectiveness of self-regulatory instruction developed based on guided inquiry on 11th grade students' use of learning strategies and achievement in chemistry, compared to traditionally designed chemistry instruction. Additionally, the self-regulatory processes in which students engaged and the development of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, High School Students
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Rodriguez, Jon-Marc G.; Bain, Kinsey; Hux, Nicholas P.; Towns, Marcy H. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2019
Problem solving is a critical feature of highly quantitative physical science topics, such as chemical kinetics. In order to solve a problem, students must cue into relevant features, ignore irrelevant features, and choose among potential problem-solving approaches. However, what is considered appropriate or productive for problem solving is…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Problem Solving, Chemistry, Kinetics
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Ralph, Vanessa Rosa; States, Nicole E.; Corrales, Adriana; Nguyen, Yvonne; Atkinson, Molly B. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Emphasizing stoichiometry appears to be a norm of introductory chemistry courses. In this longitudinal and mixed-methods study, we examined how the emphasis on stoichiometry in assessments of introductory chemistry impacted educational equity and student learning. Using quantitative methods, we identified mole and stoichiometric conversions as two…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Equal Education, Introductory Courses
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Broman, Karolina; Parchmann, Ilka – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2014
Context-based learning approaches have been implemented in school science over the last 40 years as a way to enhance students' interest in, as well as learning outcomes from, science. Contexts are used to connect science with the students' lives and to provide a frame in which concepts can be learned and applied on a…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts
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Lewis, Amy L. Micklos; Bodner, George M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2013
This study examined the understanding of chemical equations developed by three students with blindness who were enrolled in the same secondary-school chemistry class. The students were interviewed while interpreting and balancing chemical equations. During the course of these interviews, the students produced diagrams using Braille symbols that…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Science Instruction
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Madden, Sean P.; Jones, Loretta L.; Rahm, Jrene – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2011
This study examined the representational competence of students as they solved problems dealing with the temperature-pressure relationship for ideal gases. Seven students enrolled in a first-semester general chemistry course and two advanced undergraduate science majors participated in the study. The written work and transcripts from videotaped…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Advanced Students, Heuristics, Chemistry