Chemistry education research—From personal empiricism to evidence, theory, and informed practice

MM Cooper, RL Stowe - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
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 …

A review of research on the teaching and learning of thermodynamics at the university level

K Bain, A Moon, MR Mack, MH Towns - Chemistry Education Research …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We review previous research on the teaching and learning of thermodynamics in upper-
level, undergraduate settings. As chemistry education researchers we use physical …

Organic chemistry, life, the universe and everything (OCLUE): A transformed organic chemistry curriculum

MM Cooper, RL Stowe, OM Crandell… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The fundamental structure of a typical mainstream two-semester organic chemistry course,
populated mostly by life science majors and taught at universities throughout the United …

Students' attitudes, self-efficacy and experiences in a modified process-oriented guided inquiry learning undergraduate chemistry classroom

VR Vishnumolakala, DC Southam… - … Research and Practice, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
This one-semester, mixed methods study underpinning social cognition and theory of
planned behaviour investigated the attitudes, self-efficacy, and experiences of 559 first year …

Getting past the rules and to the WHY: Causal mechanistic arguments when judging the plausibility of organic reaction mechanisms

NE Bodé, JM Deng, AB Flynn - Journal of Chemical Education, 2019 - ACS Publications
Citizens in all roles need to be able to construct causal explanations of scientific phenomena
and engage in coherent argumentation, supported by evidence and sound reasoning …

Translating across macroscopic, submicroscopic, and symbolic levels: the role of instructor facilitation in an inquiry-oriented physical chemistry class

N Becker, C Stanford, M Towns, R Cole - … Education Research and …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In physical chemistry classrooms, mathematical and graphical representations are critical
tools for reasoning about chemical phenomena. However, there is abundant evidence that …

Argumentation and participation patterns in general chemistry peer‐led sessions

U Kulatunga, RS Moog, JE Lewis - Journal of Research in …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This article focuses on the use of Toulmin's argumentation scheme to investigate the
characteristics of student group argumentation in Peer‐Led Guided Inquiry sessions for a …

The crosscutting concepts: Critical component or “third wheel” of three-dimensional learning?

MM Cooper - Journal of Chemical Education, 2020 - ACS Publications
Three-dimensional learning is the name given to the vision for science education described
in the National Academies consensus report A Framework for K–12 Science Education. Of …

Examining individual and collective level mathematical progress

C Rasmussen, M Wawro, M Zandieh - Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2015 - Springer
A challenge in mathematics education research is to coordinate different analyses to
develop a more comprehensive account of teaching and learning. We contribute to these …

Students' understanding of alkyl halide reactions in undergraduate organic chemistry

DCR de Arellano, MH Towns - Chemistry Education Research and …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic chemistry is an essential subject for many undergraduate students completing
degrees in science, engineering, and pre-professional programs. However, students often …