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Direct linkYiting Lin; Yunqi Cai; Cheng Lian; Shouhong Xu; Wenqing Zhang; Honglai Liu – Journal of Chemical Education, 2025
Ion transport, involving the diffusion and migration of ions within the electrolyte, stands as a fundamental concept in electrochemistry and serves as the driving force for electrochemical reactions. Electric double layers are critical in the fields of electrochemical energy storage and chemical conversion, constituting a central focus of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Energy, Engineering
Bret R. Findley; George L. Ashline; Barbara M. O'Donovan; Mitchell J. Andrea; Dylan R. Wawruck – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
This paper describes an interdisciplinary collaboration of faculty and students from chemistry and mathematics to develop and implement an activity showcasing the relevance of calculus in chemistry to first-semester calculus students. The activity focuses on using calculus optimization methods to maximize the ground-state radial probability…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Chemistry, Calculus, Scientific Concepts
Lydia Horne; Amanda Manzanares; Nicholas Babin; Emily A. Royse; Lee Arakawa; Eunice Blavascunas; Lisa Doner; Daniel Druckenbrod; Ennea Fairchild; Meghann Jarchow; Barry R. Muchnick; Prajjwal Panday; Denielle Perry; Rebecca Thomas; Anne Toomey; Brian H. Tucker; Camille Washington-Ottombre; Shirley Vincent; Steven W. Anderson; Chelsie Romulo – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2024
Interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability (IES) programs are different from other fields because they focus on a complex integration of humanities, social, and natural sciences concepts centered on the interactions of coupled human and natural systems. The interdisciplinary nature of IES programs does not lend itself to traditional…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Higher Education
Wei, Yajun; Chong, Zhiwei – Physics Teacher, 2022
Hooke's law for springs, stating that the force needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance is proportional to that distance, is a topic covered by almost all introductory physics courses at both school and university levels. In this article we present a much more efficient and intuitive approach, compared to the traditional method, for…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Science Instruction, Introductory Courses, Secondary Education
Colin Harrison; Clarke Britton; Hannah Shin; Yassin Watson – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
Online laboratories can be an effective way to introduce students to lab concepts while providing flexibility, increased access, and reduced costs. However, online labs might lack the authentic research experience that can be gained by doing hands-on lab work. This study explores student perceptions of an online, inquiry-based introductory biology…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Laboratory Experiments, Scientific Concepts, Student Attitudes
Simon C. Cork; Emma Yhnell – Discover Education, 2024
The educational benefit of the traditional didactic lecture to learners in Higher Education is hotly debated. Given increasing student numbers, existing technical set ups and many logistical concerns, lectures remain the norm in many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). In this personal view piece, we discuss the benefits, opportunities, and…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Lecture Method
Shenzhong Yan; Daner Sun; Qing Zhou; Yuqin Yang; Peiyao Tian – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2025
The study of pedagogical design and development for virtual laboratory in science education in higher education is limited. Few tailored pedagogical approaches have been adopted for developing students higher order thinking (i.e. reflective thinking skills) in virtual laboratory enabled learning in the university level. For addressing these, this…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Virtual Classrooms, Laboratories, Reflection
Jared Phelps Canright – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The creation of new knowledge in the form of scientific models is a cornerstone of the process of science. In physics laboratory instruction, students are very often stuck in a confirmatory mindset; they have been conditioned to believe that the role of experimentation in the classroom and in the world is to verify known facts. This mindset is…
Descriptors: Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Physics, Models, Scientific Concepts
Suzanne Estaphan; Glenn D. Wadley; Gabrielle Todd; Michelle Towstoless; Deanne H. Hryciw; Louise Lexis; Alan Hayes; Kathy Tangalakis – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
A national Task Force of 25 Australian physiology educators used the Delphi protocol to develop seven physiology core concepts that were agreed to nationally. The aim of the current study was to unpack the "physiological adaptation" core concept with the descriptor "organisms adjust and adapt to acute and chronic changes in the…
Descriptors: Physiology, Scientific Concepts, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textResbiantoro, Gaguk; Setiani, Rahyu; Dwikoranto – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2022
The difference between students' ideas and scientific conceptions, is called misconceptions. Physics learning needs to be designed by teachers to eradicate misconceptions. This paper provides a review of 72 international journal articles on diagnosis methods, causes, and ways of remediating misconceptions that have been published between…
Descriptors: Science Education, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions
Pascasie Nyirahabimana; Evariste Minani; Mathias Nduwingoma; Imelda Kemeza – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Students ability to build correct knowledge relies on their understanding of concepts. Students must understand the concept well before applying it in real-life situations. With the advent of technology, teaching and learning quantum physics has been made easier and more effective in enhancing students' critical thinking and conceptual…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Multimedia Materials, Scientific Concepts
Wu, Meng-Yang M.; Yezierski, Ellen J. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Specific to the topic of oxidation-reduction (redox), teachers are obligated by the discipline to prioritise symbolic traditions such as writing equations, documenting oxidation states, and describing changes (e.g., what undergoes oxidation/reduction). Although the chemistry education research community endorses connecting the vertices of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Mnemonics
Crowther, Gregory J.; Knight, Thomas A. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
The past [approximately]15 years have seen increasing interest in defining disciplinary core concepts. Within the field of physiology, Michael, McFarland, Modell, and colleagues have published studies that defined physiology core concepts and have elaborated many of these as detailed conceptual frameworks. With such helpful definitions now in…
Descriptors: Test Format, Physiology, Higher Education, Concept Teaching
Schramm, Thilo; Jose, Anika; Schmiemann, Philipp – Education Sciences, 2021
Phylogenetic trees are important tools for teaching and understanding evolution, yet students struggle to read and interpret them correctly. In this study, we extend a study conducted by Catley and Novick (2008) by investigating depictions of evolutionary trees in US textbooks. We investigated 1197 diagrams from 11 German and 11 United States…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evolution, Textbooks, Textbook Content
Bappa Karmakar; Rajappa Janyanaik Joga; Ramesh Thangavel; Dwipendra Thakuria; Ramie Husneara Begum – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The general assembly meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2015 adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at achieving a better and more sustainable world by 2030. Incorporating sustainable values through a series of pedagogical strategies into university curricula to help…
Descriptors: Laboratory Experiments, Sustainability, Science Education, Sustainable Development
