Latest Articles of Chemistry Education Research and Practice


Improving General Chemistry Performance through a Growth Mindset Intervention: Selective Effects on Underrepresented Minorities 10.1039/C7RP00244K 2018-04-13 Women and minorities remain underrepresented in chemistry bachelor’s degree attainment in the United States, despite efforts to improve their early chemistry achievement through supplemental academic programs and active-learning approaches. We propose an addi...
Views of German Chemistry Teachers on Creativity in Chemistry Classes and in General 10.1039/C8RP00057C 2018-04-13 Creativity has become an increasingly important competence in today's rapidly changing times, because economics and industries depend on innovation. Creativity is therefore a requirement for school graduates, especially for the ones who strive for pursuing a ...
Can cognitive structure outcomes reveal cognitive styles? A study on the relationship between cognitive styles and cognitive structure outcomes on the subject of chemical kinetics 10.1039/C8RP00018B 2018-04-06 Determination of the relationship between individuals’ cognitive styles and cognitive structure outcomes was the main aim of this study. Sixty-six participants were enrolled in the study and their cognitive styles were determined by using Hidden Figure Test (...
Teaching assistants' topic-specific pedagogical content knowledge in 1H NMR spectroscopy 10.1039/C7RP00204A 2018-04-03 Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is an essential analytical tool in chemistry, and the technique is routinely included as a topic across the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. As a result of NMR's importance, classroom instruction of this topic ...
The effect of peer-led team learning on undergraduate engineering students’ conceptual understanding, state anxiety, and social anxiety 10.1039/C7RP00201G 2018-03-29 This study aims to compare the effectiveness of a Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) model with that of traditional college instruction (TCI) in enhancing the conceptual understanding and reducing both the state anxiety and social anxiety of undergraduate engineer...
Using knowledge space theory to compare expected and real knowledge spaces in learning stoichiometry 10.1039/C8RP00052B 2018-03-28 This paper proposes a novel application of knowledge space theory for identifying discrepancies between the knowledge structure that experts expect students to have and the real knowledge structure that students demonstrate on tests. The proposed approach com...
An examination of preservice elementary teachers’ representations about chemistry in an intertextuality- and modeling-based course 10.1039/C7RP00150A 2018-03-20 The chemistry education aspect of elementary teacher education faces a unique set of challenges. On one hand, preservice and in-service elementary teachers tend to not like chemistry and have negative feelings toward chemistry. On the other hand, learning che...
Investigating the viability of a competency-based, qualitative laboratory assessment model in first-year undergraduate chemistry 10.1039/C7RP00249A 2018-03-20 In chemistry curricula, both the role of the laboratory program and the method of assessment used are subject to scrutiny and debate. The ability to identify clearly defined competencies for the chemistry laboratory program is crucial, given the numerous othe...
The characterization of cognitive processes involved in chemical kinetics using a blended processing framework 10.1039/C7RP00230K 2018-03-13 Chemical kinetics is a highly quantitative content area that involves the use of multiple mathematical representations to model processes and is a context that is under-investigated in the literature. This qualitative study explored undergraduate student inte...
A framework for understanding student nurses’ experience of chemistry as part of a health science course 10.1039/C7RP00217C 2018-03-05 Twenty-seven first-year nursing students, divided across six focus groups formed on the basis of their past chemistry experience, were interviewed about their chemistry experience as a component of a Health Science unit. Information related to learning and ac...

Improving General Chemistry Performance through a Growth Mindset Intervention: Selective Effects on Underrepresented Minorities

10.1039/C7RP00244K

2018-04-13

Women and minorities remain underrepresented in chemistry bachelor’s degree attainment in the United States, despite efforts to improve their early chemistry achievement through supplemental academic programs and active-learning approaches. We propose an addi...

Views of German Chemistry Teachers on Creativity in Chemistry Classes and in General

10.1039/C8RP00057C

2018-04-13

Creativity has become an increasingly important competence in today's rapidly changing times, because economics and industries depend on innovation. Creativity is therefore a requirement for school graduates, especially for the ones who strive for pursuing a ...

Can cognitive structure outcomes reveal cognitive styles? A study on the relationship between cognitive styles and cognitive structure outcomes on the subject of chemical kinetics

10.1039/C8RP00018B

2018-04-06

Determination of the relationship between individuals’ cognitive styles and cognitive structure outcomes was the main aim of this study. Sixty-six participants were enrolled in the study and their cognitive styles were determined by using Hidden Figure Test (...

Teaching assistants' topic-specific pedagogical content knowledge in 1H NMR spectroscopy

10.1039/C7RP00204A

2018-04-03

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is an essential analytical tool in chemistry, and the technique is routinely included as a topic across the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. As a result of NMR's importance, classroom instruction of this topic ...

The effect of peer-led team learning on undergraduate engineering students’ conceptual understanding, state anxiety, and social anxiety

10.1039/C7RP00201G

2018-03-29

This study aims to compare the effectiveness of a Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) model with that of traditional college instruction (TCI) in enhancing the conceptual understanding and reducing both the state anxiety and social anxiety of undergraduate engineer...

Using knowledge space theory to compare expected and real knowledge spaces in learning stoichiometry

10.1039/C8RP00052B

2018-03-28

This paper proposes a novel application of knowledge space theory for identifying discrepancies between the knowledge structure that experts expect students to have and the real knowledge structure that students demonstrate on tests. The proposed approach com...

An examination of preservice elementary teachers’ representations about chemistry in an intertextuality- and modeling-based course

10.1039/C7RP00150A

2018-03-20

The chemistry education aspect of elementary teacher education faces a unique set of challenges. On one hand, preservice and in-service elementary teachers tend to not like chemistry and have negative feelings toward chemistry. On the other hand, learning che...

Investigating the viability of a competency-based, qualitative laboratory assessment model in first-year undergraduate chemistry

10.1039/C7RP00249A

2018-03-20

In chemistry curricula, both the role of the laboratory program and the method of assessment used are subject to scrutiny and debate. The ability to identify clearly defined competencies for the chemistry laboratory program is crucial, given the numerous othe...

The characterization of cognitive processes involved in chemical kinetics using a blended processing framework

10.1039/C7RP00230K

2018-03-13

Chemical kinetics is a highly quantitative content area that involves the use of multiple mathematical representations to model processes and is a context that is under-investigated in the literature. This qualitative study explored undergraduate student inte...

A framework for understanding student nurses’ experience of chemistry as part of a health science course

10.1039/C7RP00217C

2018-03-05

Twenty-seven first-year nursing students, divided across six focus groups formed on the basis of their past chemistry experience, were interviewed about their chemistry experience as a component of a Health Science unit. Information related to learning and ac...