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Annabelle Tam-Ha Lolinco – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Scientific literacy is an increasingly important skill for today and tomorrow's citizens. Encapsulated in the definition of being scientifically literate, one must be knowledgeable about science and technology in context and be able to interpret and communicate the information well. Introductory science courses, like general chemistry, are key…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Scientific Literacy, Introductory Courses
Donnelly, Julie; Winkelmann, Kurt – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Students' negative perceptions of physical chemistry courses are well-known and are likely impacting their learning and performance in this upper-division course for majors. The syllabus can be the first interaction students have with a course and instructor and can be central to the expectations student set for the learning experience. While…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, College Students, Student Attitudes, Majors (Students)
Andrea M. Munro – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
This article describes a laboratory course designed for nonmajors with a focus on food chemistry. The course can be delivered in a traditional format or in a fully remote, asynchronous format. The course is designed for students to develop an understanding of how chemists view the world and how chemists generate knowledge. Food chemistry was…
Descriptors: Food, Chemistry, College Science, Hands on Science
Elizabeth Hannah Huvard – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Student success is often treated as an observed variable, or something that you can measure directly with a single instrument. Single course outcomes such as final course grade or learning gain on an assessment have become synonymous with success in undergraduate science education research. Continually relying on these narrow course outcomes to…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Science Education, College Science
Hamilton, Nicholas B.; Remington, Jacob M.; Schneebeli, Severin T.; Li, Jianing – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
We reported a redesign of a physical chemistry laboratory course (CHEM 166) for our chemistry majors at the University of Vermont carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. We started to teach this course after a curriculum reform, which split an upper-division undergraduate laboratory course into physical and analytical chemistry laboratories. To…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Science Curriculum
Nyutu, Eva N.; Cobern, William W.; Pleasants, Brandy A-S. – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2021
The science laboratory learning environment has been a distinctive area in science education since the 19th century. Unfortunately, students are generally not aware of what science instructors expect from laboratory experiences, and far too often, the undergraduate science laboratory curriculum lacks explicit, well-defined goals. Science…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Course Objectives
Descamps, Ian; Moore, Thomas; Pollard, Benjamin – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
We present an investigation into the interdisciplinary role of physics in a physics-for-nonphysicists course at Pomona College. This work is guided by prior research into introductory physics for life science (IPLS) courses, but attends to significant differences in the scope and context of this course. We interviewed enrolled students, physics…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Science Teachers
Dou, Remy; Teodorescu, Raluca; Madsen, Adrian; Redish, Edward F.; Reeves, Mark – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
Course syllabi are a required component of college and university courses. Syllabi present both broader course structuring practices, are a valuable "first impression" of what instructors want to offer their students, and are used as tools in course design. While best teaching practices suggest specific recommendations for syllabi…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Introductory Courses, Physics, College Science
Dark, Marta L.; Hylton, Derrick J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2018
This article describes a general education course offering, Physics and the Arts. During the development of this course, physics and arts faculty collaborated closely. We cover the usual physics phenomena for such a course--light, color, and sound--in addition to gravity, equilibrium, and spacetime. Goals of the course are to increase students'…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Art Education, General Education
Chasteen, Stephanie V.; Pollock, Steven J.; Pepper, Rachel E.; Perkins, Katherine K. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2012
Over the course of four years, we have researched and transformed a key course in the career of an undergraduate physics major--junior-level electricity and magnetism. With the aim of educating our majors based on a more complete understanding of the cognitive and conceptual challenges of upper-division courses, we used principles of active…
Descriptors: Electronics, College Science, Advanced Courses, Curriculum Development
Brabrand, Claus; Dahl, Bettina – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
During 2007 all Danish university curricula were reformulated to explicitly state course objectives due to the adoption of a new Danish national grading scale which stipulated that grades were to be given based on how well students meet explicit course objectives. The Faculties of Science at University of Aarhus and University of Southern Denmark…
Descriptors: College Science, Classification, Course Objectives, Competence
Park Rogers, Meredith A.; Abell, Sandra K. – Science Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to understand one case of undergraduate inquiry-based instruction through the words and actions of students and instructors. The data sources included fieldnotes from 16 of 29 classes, two sets of student and instructor interviews (beginning and end of the semester), and a collection of artifacts, such as the…
Descriptors: College Science, Interdisciplinary Approach, Laboratory Manuals, Instructional Materials
Balster, Nicholas; Pfund, Christine; Rediske, Raelyn; Branchaw, Janet – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
Undergraduate research experiences have been shown to enhance the educational experience and retention of college students, especially those from underrepresented populations. However, many challenges still exist relative to building community among students navigating large institutions. We developed a novel course called "Entering…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Mentors, Student Attitudes

Journal of Chemical Education, 1972
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Chemistry, College Science, Course Objectives

Duffin, W. J. – Physics Education, 1971
Descriptors: College Science, Course Objectives, Instruction, Laboratory Procedures