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Leonora Kaldaras; Carl Wieman – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
The ability to express scientific concepts in mathematical terms and integrate scientific and mathematical reasoning about a phenomenon is a foundational cognitive process involved in scientific thinking. This process called "blended math-science sensemaking" (MSS) is a desired skill for all science, technology, engineering, and math…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods, College Science, Undergraduate Students
Sergio Fuentes Anton – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Teaching natural sciences can be challenging, especially with unmotivated or disinterested students. The challenge increases when the term "Didactics" appears in the subjects under study, for example, with Didactics of Natural Sciences. The present work details the design and execution process of an escape room experience used as a…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Learning Activities, Experiential Learning, College Science
Matheus Almeida Bauer Zytkuewisz; Denis Ricardo Martins de Godoi; Amadeu Moura Bego – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
This study's general theme revolves around practical work in chemical education, and its scope is the employment of a novel inquiry strategy combined with a new openness level. We investigate how the controlled positive error, a new device for inquiry activities developed by us, affects undergraduate students' experience of an experiment and…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Laboratories, College Science, Student Experience
Michael K. Seery; Hendra Y. Agustian; Frederik V. Christiansen; Bente Gammelgaard; Rie H. Malm – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
Laboratory work in chemistry has been extensively researched in the last decade but the gap between research and practice is still broad. This "Perspective" shares 10 guiding principles relating to university laboratory education, drawing on research over the last decade. Written with an audience of practitioners in mind, the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Laboratories, Chemistry, College Science
Jackson de Verteuil; Philip G. Jessop; Amanda Bongers – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
The most important learning objective in green chemistry education is the ability to identify the synthesis, process, or chemical that is least environmentally harmful. Existing metrics fall short for different reasons. Mass-based metrics fail to assess environmental harm, while life cycle assessment (LCA) is much too complex to insert into the…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Undergraduate Study, Chemistry, Science Education
Wang, Zhe; Adesope, Olusola; Sundararajan, NarayanKripa; Buckley, Paul – Educational Psychology, 2021
There is widespread evidence showing that concept maps are effective for learning. However, little is known about the effects of various concept map activities. We conducted an experiment to examine the comparative effectiveness of three concept map activities: (1) translating a complete map to a paragraph format; (2) filling in concepts in a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Concept Mapping, Undergraduate Students, College Science
Wu, Hoi-Ting; Mortezaei, Kiana; Alvelais, Teresa; Henbest, Grace; Murphy, Courtney; Yezierski, Ellen J.; Eichler, Jack F. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
Implementation of the flipped classroom approach into STEM courses has been popularized in the last decade and has generally been reported to improve student performance outcomes. In a flipped classroom setting, students typically first encounter course content in the online format and subsequently engage in some form of active learning during the…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
Frey, Regina F.; Brame, Cynthia J.; Fink, Angela; Lemons, Paula P. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
Problem solving plays an essential role in all scientific disciplines, and solving problems can reveal essential concepts that underlie those disciplines. Thus, problem solving serves both as a common tool and desired outcome in many science classes. Research on teaching problem solving offers principles for instruction that are guided by learning…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Intellectual Disciplines, Teaching Methods, Science Education
Zuza, Kristina; De Cock, Mieke; van Kampen, Paul; Kelly, Thomas; Guisasola, Jenaro – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
In this work we present the application of design based research (DBR) methodology to conduct a systematic iterative study of the design and implementation of a teaching-learning sequence (TLS) on emf (electromotive force). This work is the final part of a broader study that started with the analysis of students' difficulties with emf in the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Energy
Minshall, Brianna L.; Yezierski, Ellen J. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
For six semesters, activities have been incorporated into first year general chemistry courses in an effort to build student conceptual chemistry knowledge. The activities follow a learning cycle pedagogy (similar to Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning or POGIL activities) and consist of guiding questions involving animations, models,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Knowledge Level, Inquiry
Anjos, R. M.; Amaral, S. S. G.; Muniz, M. C.; Cardoso, R. P.; Bernardo, T. A. S.; Guerrieri, A.; Lage, L. L. – Physics Education, 2020
Harmful plastic debris found on beaches and in the oceans are not limited to drinking straws or bags. There are several synthetic organic polymers that can be used to make different kinds of plastic materials and have resulted in billions of tons of waste that can reach the aquatic biome and are harmful to freshwater and marine communities as well…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Plastics
Gülen, Salih; Yadigar, Tugba – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2020
This study is to determine the effect of using a fun book in a science course to enhance academic achievement and retention and to investigate student's views on the use of the fun book. Another aim of the study is to set an example for process evaluation in using fun lessons for higher education students. Participants used the fun book for…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Science Achievement
Koenig, Kathleen; Wood, Krista E.; Bortner, Larry J.; Bao, Lei – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2019
This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is essential for sound decision making, particularly when living in an information age. Essential features of our guiding curricular…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Physics, Science Instruction, Logical Thinking
Dees, Jonathan; Bussard, Caitlin; Momsen, Jennifer L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
Phylogenetic trees have become increasingly important across the life sciences, and as a result, learning to interpret and reason from these diagrams is now an essential component of biology education. Unfortunately, students often struggle to understand phylogenetic trees. Style (i.e., diagonal or bracket) is one factor that has been observed to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Biology, Teaching Methods
Baldwin, Nicole; Orgill, MaryKay – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2019
Practicing chemists use models, diagrams, symbols, and figures to represent phenomena which cannot be detected by the human senses. Although research suggests that these external representations (ERs) can also be used to address the challenges that students have in learning chemistry, it is not clear how instructors' use of ERs aligns with their…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, College Science, Chemistry, Science Laboratories