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Active Learning in the Lab: Positively influencing student attitudes toward chemistry
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One of the greatest challenges in education is finding methods of making learning meaningful for students while effectively preparing them for the workplace. One way to meet this challenge is to actively involve…
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The Use of Mastery Learning With Competency-Based Grading in an Organic Chemistry Course
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Mastery learning is an instructional method based on the idea that students learn best if they fully understand one concept before moving to the next and has been shown to be extremely effective in math and science…
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Research and Teaching: Promoting Student Learning in a Large General Chemistry Course
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Based on recent reports in the science education literature, curricular modifications were made to one section of a freshman-level general chemistry course. Assessment results indicate that these modifications resulted…
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A well-structured independent literature research project with a poster session was used to introduce students to peer-reviewed literature in a general chemistry course. Overall, students reported an enhanced…
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Student-centered forms of instruction based in a constructivist framework, where students are guided toward actively constructing their understanding, have been met with success. However, implementation of…
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The objective of this article is to explain and provide rubrics for science and communication faculty as a means to help nonscience students, in basic science classes, understand that proper communication and…
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Undergraduate engineering education in the United States is in need of reform that addresses the recruitment and retention of a diverse population of students. Change Chem is a curriculum reform model that has been…
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Building Bridges Between Science Courses Using Honors Organic Chemistry Projects
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Introductory undergraduate science courses are traditionally offered as distinct units without formalized student interaction between classes. To bridge science courses, the authors used three Honors Organic Chemistry…
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Team-Based Learning Reduces Attrition in a First-Semester General Chemistry Course
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Team-based learning (TBL) is an instructional method that has been shown to reduce attrition and increase student learning in a number of disciplines. TBL was implemented in a first-semester general chemistry course,…
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No More Leaks: A Process-Oriented Lesson Exploring the Invention and Chemistry of Disposable Diapers
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High school chemistry can be intimidating to some students, so it is critical that we engage students in nonthreatening preparatory investigations during middle school. Based on the learning cycle model (Bybee and…
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