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Clara L. Meaders; Lilyan Mendez; Alfonso Godínez Aguilar; Angelita T. Rivera; Izabella Vasquez; Liam O. Mueller; Melinda T. Owens – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
Introductory biology is a gateway course for majors and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Despite the importance of chemistry content knowledge for understanding biology, the relationship between chemistry knowledge and prior coursework and biology course performance is understudied. We used an opportunity…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Chemistry, Intervention
Katrin Schuessler; Vanessa Fischer; Maik Walpuski – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2025
Cognitive load studies are mostly centered on information on perceived cognitive load. Single-item subjective rating scales are the dominant measurement practice to investigate overall cognitive load. Usually, either invested mental effort or perceived task difficulty is used as an overall cognitive load measure. However, the extent to which the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Rating Scales, Construct Validity
Balabanoff, Morgan; Harrold, Archer; Moon, Alena – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2023
Previous work has highlighted the difficulties students have when explaining wave behavior. We present an investigation of chemistry students' understanding of the double-slit experiment, where students were asked to explain a series of PhET simulations illustrating a single continuous light source, single-slit diffraction, and double-slit…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Thinking Skills, Science Experiments, Light
Laura B. Armstrong; Lauren M. Irie; Kelly Chou; Mariana Rivas; Michelle C. Douskey; Anne M. Baranger – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
For the past decade, the College of Chemistry at UC Berkeley has iteratively redesigned general chemistry laboratory courses to introduce students to green chemistry concepts, while simultaneously using green chemistry as a relevant context to learn chemistry. To investigate the effectiveness of this curriculum we developed approaches to…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Conservation (Environment), Knowledge Level
Choi, Minkyung – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2023
College science courses pose complex challenges to students. Textbooks are dense and laden with textbook features that may be confusing to students unfamiliar with science texts. Courses are especially challenging because they presuppose a certain degree of disciplinary literacy, or understanding of the knowledge and practices possessed by those…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Literacy, Student Experience, Self Concept
Saeed Almuntasheri – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2023
In the context of inquiry-based learning, it is widely acknowledged that fostering teachers' skills in formative assessment is vital for enhancing student learning. This study examined the impact of a formative assessment-based inquiry model on science student understanding and explanations. A quasi-experimental approach that adopts the design of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Science Education, Secondary School Students
Stephanie A. Berg – ProQuest LLC, 2024
All chemistry students must develop competency in analyzing and making sense of data. However, there are many difficulties that chemistry students may experience while analyzing data. Many students may not use relevant prior knowledge to aid in making sense of data, or they may not form conclusions using all the data provided. Additionally, prior…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Undergraduate Students
Jing Yang; Adam V. Maltese; Daniel Donghyeak AnBlair; Qiu Zhong; David Daleke – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Engaging undergraduate students in authentic research is a powerful pedagogical tool for undergraduate education. The key to maximizing the benefit of research experiences is a proper mentoring relationship. Here, we present the findings of international chemistry and biology undergraduate research experiences studied via a critical qualitative…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Training, Mentors, Chemistry
Berg, Stephanie A.; Moon, Alena – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Both graph comprehension and data analysis and interpretation are influenced by one's prior knowledge and experiences. To understand how one's prior knowledge and experiences interact with their analysis of a graph, we conducted think-aloud interviews with general chemistry students as they interpreted a graph to determine optimal conditions for…
Descriptors: Graphs, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Science Process Skills
Larissa Wellhöfer; Arnim Lühken – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
The focus in teaching and research is shifting from a traditional perspective of information literacy (IL) as a specific set of general, mostly text-based skills to a more comprehensive understanding of the complex aspects that constitute IL as an ongoing, context-specific process. However, there is a need for further insight into the social and…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Information Literacy, Novices, Science Laboratories
Zur, Amir; Applebaum, Isaac; Nardo, Jocelyn Elizabeth; DeWeese, Dory; Sundrani, Sameer; Salehi, Shima – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2023
Detailed learning objectives foster an effective and equitable learning environment by clarifying what instructors expect students to learn, rather than requiring students to use prior knowledge to infer these expectations. When questions are labeled with relevant learning goals, students understand which skills are tested by those questions.…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Prior Learning, Educational Objectives, Chemistry
Margaret K. Meadows – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
This paper describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of an inquiry-based laboratory for sophomore-level organic chemistry into a mostly cookbook, existing laboratory curriculum. For the laboratory, students were required to generate their own procedures and use their own recorded data from prior laboratory assignments to identify an…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Laboratory Experiments, Chemistry
Quan-Thanh Huynh; Yu-Chuan Yang – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
Numerous studies have proven the learning benefits of concept maps in science subjects, particularly for students with low prior knowledge. There is a scarcity of research dedicated to the examination of chemistry courses at the university level, and the findings pertaining to academic performance in that subject exhibit a lack of consistency.…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Concept Mapping, Chemistry, Science Instruction
Jacqueline M. Campbell – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Undergraduate science students are known to struggle in introductory courses and often focus their studying efforts on memorization-based, algorithmic processes instead of focusing on gaining a conceptual understanding of the course material. To address this issue, the current study investigates the effects training undergraduate chemistry…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Chemistry, College Science, Learning Strategies
Jones, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Michael; Shepler, Carrie – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
In response to remote learning needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, introductory lecture and laboratory courses typically delivered fully in person were offered in a completely virtual format for the first time. Introductory laboratory courses are pivotal foundations for future discipline-specific learning and serve as prerequisites for a myriad of…
Descriptors: Prerequisites, Electronic Learning, Science Experiments, COVID-19