This Review of Chemistry Education Research (CER) provides an overview of the
development of research in chemistry education from the early days, when ideas about how …

Chemical education research is the systematic investigation of learning grounded in a
theoretical foundation that focuses on understanding and improving learning of chemistry …

The complexity of chemistry has implications for the teaching of chemistry today. That
chemistry is a very complex subject is shown from the research on problem solving and …

The features of chemistry that make it such a fascinating and engaging subject to teach also
contribute to it being a challenging subject for many learners. Chemistry draws upon a wide …

As a result of research into students' understandings, we have lists of student
misconceptions, often accompanied by bland statements about preventative or curative …

Many of the instruments developed for research use by the chemistry education community
are relatively new. Because psychometric evidence dictates the validity of interpretations …

The chemistry knowledge that we want our students to develop is rich, complex, and
multifaceted. However, some teachers and instructors at the secondary school and college …

Despite multiple calls for reform, the curriculum for first-year college chemistry at many
universities across the world is still mostly fact-based and encyclopedic, built upon a …

Large curricular changes of the 1960s brought about by the ChemStudy and Chemical Bond
Approach initiatives were generally successful, but they also created learning problems …

Dominant educational approaches in chemistry focus on the learning of somewhat isolated
concepts and ideas about chemical substances and reactions. Reform efforts often seek to …