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Exploring Retrieval Difficulties And Self-Confidence In An Assessment Of General Chemistry Students, Karen Julian, Morgan Balabanoff
Exploring Retrieval Difficulties And Self-Confidence In An Assessment Of General Chemistry Students, Karen Julian, Morgan Balabanoff
The Cardinal Edge
Developing self-assessment skills is an important aspect of learning. Framed by assessment developed for the year-long sequence of general chemistry, students were asked to rate their ability to answer conceptual questions. Using cognitive interviews, this study revealed that people rely on a range of characteristics other than content knowledge to assess their confidence, including doubt, retrieval difficulty, and test-taking methods. These findings imply that more explicit instruction may be required to encourage correct self-assessment. Students can develop their metacognitive skills and calibrate their perceived ability by completing examinations meant to emphasize content knowledge gaps.
Cooking With Chemistry: Marshmallows, Admin Stem For Success
Cooking With Chemistry: Marshmallows, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
This lesson plan teaches students thermodynamics, foam, and other chemistry topics by cooking marshmallows.
Understanding The Relationship Between Organic Chemistry Misconceptions And Students’ Chemistry Self-Efficacy In Higher Education Organic Chemistry Courses, Lauren A. Dudley
Understanding The Relationship Between Organic Chemistry Misconceptions And Students’ Chemistry Self-Efficacy In Higher Education Organic Chemistry Courses, Lauren A. Dudley
Education (PhD) Dissertations
Organic chemistry is accepted as a crucial part of science higher education funneling students into many career opportunities such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical industries. Students attempting organic chemistry courses in higher education are among a plethora of majors including biology, chemistry, health science, and engineering. However, organic chemistry as a course has stayed fairly stagnant for the past 50 years. Students in this course typically resort to rote-memorization and often regard the course itself as insurmountable. To answer the decreasing retention rates seen across the United States, the research revolving around organic chemistry knowledge and teaching methodologies has increased …
Specifications Grading Has Improved My Courses!, Bruce J. Heyen
Specifications Grading Has Improved My Courses!, Bruce J. Heyen
Scholar Week 2016 - present
Specifications grading is a way of "restoring rigor, motivating students, and saving faculty time" as stated in the title of Linda Nilson's book promoting this method. While there are many variations across disciplines, I will present how I am using specifications grading in my Organic Chemistry courses. I label course objectives as essential or non-essential, and students must master these with a quiz score of 80% or greater to obtain the points. Students are allowed multiple attempts to master course objectives.
Magnetic Slime, Admin Stem For Success
Magnetic Slime, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
Students learn chemistry and physics by making magnetic slime.
Invisible Ink, Admin Stem For Success
Invisible Ink, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
Students create invisible ink to hide and reveal a message using chemistry.
Sugar Water Density Activity, Admin Stem For Success
Sugar Water Density Activity, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
In this activity students learn about density using sugar water. Attached is the activity's lesson plan and a teacher reflection on the activity.
Physical And Chemical Changes Lesson Plan, Admin Stem For Success
Physical And Chemical Changes Lesson Plan, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
Lesson plan and video for an activity on the difference between physical and chemical changes.
The Science Of Baking Bread, Admin Stem For Success
The Science Of Baking Bread, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
Activity plan to teach biology and chemistry using a lesson on the baking of bread.