Chemistry

A Symmetry POGIL Activity for Inorganic Chemistry

Chemistry
Undergraduate
Graduate

The goal of this project was to create an inquiry activity to teach symmetry elements and symmetry operations in an inorganic chemistry course. Many students experience difficulty when building and mentally manipulating three-dimensional mental models from two-dimensional images, causing difficulty when learning symmetry. Process-oriented, guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) was used to structure the activity using a learning cycle paradigm consistent with research on how students learn as described by Novak’s human constructivism theory.

Access Link: 
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed1007487
Author/Presenter: 
Luxford, Cynthia
Crowder, Michael
Bretz, Stacey Lowery
Year: 
2012

Generating Cognitive Dissonance in Student Interviews through Multiple Representations

Submitted by Stacey Lowery Bretz on

Chemistry
Post-secondary
Author(s): 
Linenberger, Kimberly
Bretz, Stacey Lowery
Contact Info: 
bretzsl@muohio.edu
Publication Type: 
Journal
Year: 
2012
In press?: 
In Press
Access Link: 
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2012/rp/c1rp90064a
Resource Format: 
Print/Paper Materials

This study explores what students understand about enzyme–substrate interactions, using multiple representations of the phenomenon. In this paper we describe our use of the 3 Phase-Single Interview Technique with multiple representations to generate cognitive dissonance within students in order to uncover misconceptions of enzyme–substrate interactions.

A Symmetry POGIL Activity for Inorganic Chemistry

Submitted by Stacey Lowery Bretz on

Chemistry
Post-secondary
Author(s): 
Luxford, Cynthia
Crowder, Michael
Bretz, Stacey Lowery
Contact Info: 
bretzsl@muohio.edu
Publication Type: 
Journal
Year: 
2012
Month: 
February
In press?: 
In Press
Access Link: 
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed1007487
Resource Format: 
Print/Paper Materials

The goal of this project was to create an inquiry activity to teach symmetry elements and symmetry operations in an inorganic chemistry course. Many students experience difficulty when building and mentally manipulating three-dimensional mental models from two-dimensional images, causing difficulty when learning symmetry. Process-oriented, guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) was used to structure the activity using a learning cycle paradigm consistent with research on how students learn as described by Novak’s human constructivism theory.

Synthesis and Characterization of Self-Assembled Liquid Crystals: p-Alokxybenzoic Acids

Submitted by Stacey Lowery Bretz on

Chemistry
Post-secondary
Author(s): 
Jensen, Jana
Grundy, Stephan
Bretz, Stacey Lowery
Hartley, C. Scott
Publication Type: 
Journal
Year: 
2011
Month: 
August
In press?: 
In Press
Access Link: 
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed101090t
Resource Format: 
Print/Paper Materials

Thermotropic liquid crystal phases are ordered fluids found, for some molecules, at intermediate temperatures between the crystal and liquid states. Although technologically important, these materials typically receive little attention in the undergraduate curriculum. Here, we describe a laboratory activity for introductory organic chemistry students on the synthesis and characterization of the p-alkoxybenzoic acids.

Preparation and Characterization of a Monolithic Column for use in HPLC: An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment

Submitted by Stacey Lowery Bretz on

Chemistry
Post-secondary
Author(s): 
Bindis, Michael P
Bretz, Stacey Lowery
Contact Info: 
bretzsl@muohio.edu
Publication Type: 
Journal
Year: 
2011
Month: 
May
In press?: 
In Press
Access Link: 
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed100238x
Resource Format: 
Print/Paper Materials

The high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) experiment, most often done in the undergraduate analytical instrumentation laboratory course, generally illustrates reversed-phase chromatography using a commercial C18 silica column.

The Role of Self-Monitoring in Learning Chemistry with Dynamic Visualization

Chemistry
Other

Chiu, J., & Linn, M. C. (2012). The Role of Self-Monitoring in Learning Chemistry with Dynamic Visualization. In A. Zohar & Y. J. Dori (Eds.), Metacognition and Science Education: Trends in Current Research (pp. 133-163). London, UK: Springer-Verlag.

 

Author/Presenter: 
Jennifer Chiu
Marcia Linn
Lead Organization(s): 
University of Virginia (UVA)
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Year: 
2012
Resource(s): 
PDF icon Chiu.Linn_2012_Role of Self Monitoring.pdf

Overview of the Chemistry Education Research Doctoral Scholars Program

Submitted by LaKeisha McClary on

Chemistry
High School
Author(s): 
McClary, LaKeisha
Bretz, Stacey Lowery
Contact Info: 
bretzsl@muohio.edu
Publication Type: 
Unpublished
Year: 
2012
Month: 
January
In press?: 
In Press
File: 
PDF icon Chemistry Education Research Doctoral Scholars Program Project Overview.pdf
Resource Format: 
Electronic File

Chemistry Education Research Doctoral Scholars Program (Bretz, Lewis, Mayberry)

Submitted by Stacey Lowery Bretz on

Presenter(s): 
Stacey Lowery Bretz
Jennifer Lewis
Maralee Mayberry
Event: 
2009 DR K-12 PI Meeting
Year: 
2009
File: 
PDF icon BRETZ 2009PImeeting.pdf
Target Audience: 
Students
High School
Post-secondary
Discipline / Topic: 
Chemistry
Science

The Chemistry Education Research Doctoral Scholars Program aims to recruit, train and graduate a diverse group of scholars in chemistry education research (CER) who specialize in assessment; design coursework, K-12 partnerships, research experiences, and mentoring to successfully prepare these scholars for careers in CER; and create a community of scholars to collaborate and systematically improve assessment of student learning.

Presentation Type: 
Poster

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