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Laura B. Armstrong; Mariana C. Rivas; Zeyi Zhou; Michelle C. Douskey; Anne M. Baranger – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
As the 21st century progresses, we are increasingly reminded of the importance of and need for green chemistry, which also leads to the corresponding need for green chemistry education. The UC Berkeley Department of Chemistry developed a green chemistry laboratory curriculum-the "General Chemistry Green Curriculum" ("GC[superscript…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Implementation, Chemistry, Science Laboratories
Robert D. Milligan; Donald J. Wink – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
A key part of the practice of chemistry is the analysis of chemical composition, including through gravimetric analysis and spectrophotometry. However, the complexity of doing multiple calculations to obtain analytical evidence, such as that required to determine an empirical formula, presents a challenge if such analytical methods are to be…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Science Process Skills, Spectroscopy
Miles, Deon T.; Joslin, Evan E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
We have developed a new foundation-level course at our institution that links the concept of chemical equilibria from four of the traditional subdisciplines (analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, and physical). The course, entitled Solution and Solid State Chemistry (CHEM 210), is designed to serve our chemistry and biochemistry majors, as well as…
Descriptors: College Science, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts
Jeffrey R. Raker; Justin M. Pratt; Megan C. Connor; Sheila R. Smith; Joanne L. Stewart; Barbara A. Reisner; Anne K. Bentley; Shirley Lin; Chip Nataro – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
A national survey of chemists (n = 174) explored the self-reported format and focus of postsecondary inorganic chemistry instructional laboratory curricula. Multiple instructional laboratory course formats were observed, including stand-alone inorganic chemistry instructional laboratory courses, inorganic chemistry laboratory instruction as a…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Science, Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction
Jason M. May – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Instructional labs: Improving traditions and new directions.] Physics instructional labs have long been an area of pedagogical innovation and educational research. While current stakeholders in instructional labs are undoubtedly aware of the day's concerns, reform efforts, and empirical research…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Educational History
Robert Hayes – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As college biology educators we want students learning how to conduct their own scientific investigations. This means designing laboratory curricula in which students exercise control and responsibility over the knowledge building actions of an investigation--that is, in which they exercise "epistemic agency." Our current understanding…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Science, Science Education, Biology
Bur, Scott K.; Pomerantz, William C. K.; Bade, Morgan L.; Gee, Clifford T. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Curriculum-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been shown to increase student retention in STEM fields and are starting to become more widely adopted in chemistry curricula. Here we describe a 10-week CURE that is suitable for a second-semester organic chemistry laboratory course. Students synthesize small molecules and use…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, College Science, Undergraduate Students, Scientific Research
Farley, Elijah R.; Fringer, Victoria; Wainman, Jacob W. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
In an idealized General Chemistry Laboratory curriculum, students would hone their experimental design ability with practice encouraged by laboratory exercises designed to be open-ended. However, traditional General Chemistry Laboratory courses often lack opportunities for students to design their own experiments, instead opting to provide…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Undergraduate Study, College Science
Stelz-Sullivan, Eleanor J.; Marchetti, Barbara; Karsili, Tolga – Education Sciences, 2022
Computational and atmospheric chemistry are two important branches of contemporary chemistry. With the present topical nature of climate change and global warming, it is more crucial than ever that students are aware of and exposed to atmospheric chemistry, with an emphasis on how modeling may aid in understanding how atmospherically relevant…
Descriptors: Computation, Chemistry, Science Education, Simulation
Veale, Clinton G. L.; Jeena, Vineet; Sithebe, Siphamandla – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Practical skills in chemistry are considered an essential outcome of an undergraduate chemistry degree. To achieve this, chemistry curricula are designated a substantial number of hours in teaching laboratories. However, the general method of a summative assessment of these sessions is through a written laboratory report and not through the actual…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Process Skills, Undergraduate Study, 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
Schaller, Chris P.; Graham, Kate J.; McIntee, Edward J.; Peterson, Alicia A.; Strollo, Christen M.; Jakubowski, Henry V.; Fazal, M. A.; Johnson, Brian J.; Jones, T. Nicholas; Raigoza, Annette M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
A novel laboratory curriculum is presented, developed around some common tasks of a laboratory researcher in chemistry: purification, synthesis, and measurement. The capstone of the sequence is an integrated laboratory, leading to a more independent research experience. Students who have completed this laboratory curriculum appear to perform…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Science Curriculum
Torres, Lyn – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2018
Laboratory practicals engage students in complex thinking to build their scientific knowledge and understanding. Surprisingly few studies connect the development of students' cognitive and metacognitive skills for learning in the laboratory practical with foundational skills for researching. Librarians strive to establish teaching partnerships…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Science, Biology, Research Skills
Hester, Susan D.; Nadler, Michele; Katcher, Jennifer; Elfring, Lisa K.; Dykstra, Emily; Rezende, Lisa F.; Bolger, Molly S. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
Providing opportunities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics undergraduates to engage in authentic scientific practices is likely to influence their view of science and may impact their decision to persist through graduation. Laboratory courses provide a natural place to introduce students to scientific practices, but existing…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Inquiry, Science Laboratories, College Science
Noll, Robert J.; Fitch, Richard W.; Kjonaas, Richard A.; Wyatt, Richard A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
A kinetic isotope effect (KIE) experiment is described for the physical chemistry laboratory. Students conduct a hypochlorite (household bleach) oxidation of an equimolar mixture of 1-phenylethanol and 1-deuterio-1-phenylethanol to acetophenone. The reaction occurs in a biphasic reaction mixture and follows first-order kinetics with respect to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Science Curriculum