Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on student engagement in a general chemistry course

F Wu, TS Teets - Journal of Chemical Education, 2021 - ACS Publications
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges and universities transitioned their
face-to-face courses to emergency remote online courses during the spring of 2020. This …

Digital-based formative assessment to support students' learning of organic chemistry in selected secondary schools of Nyarugenge District in Rwanda

E Nsabayezu, A Iyamuremye, A Mbonyiryivuze… - Education and …, 2023 - Springer
Formative assessment supports teachers in recognizing students' learning strengths and
shortcomings and enhancing teaching and learning approaches. The current study aims to …

You are what you assess: The case for emphasizing chemistry on chemistry assessments

RL Stowe, LJ Scharlott, VR Ralph… - Journal of chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
What we emphasize and reward on assessments signals to students what matters to us.
Accordingly, a great deal of scholarship in chemistry education has focused on defining the …

Evaluating electrophile and nucleophile understanding: a large-scale study of learners' explanations of reaction mechanisms

SJH Frost, BJ Yik, AJ Dood, DCR de Arellano… - … Research and Practice, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A deep understanding of organic chemistry requires a learner to understand many concepts
and have fluency with multiple skills. This understanding is particularly necessary for …

The challenges and value of undergraduate oral exams in the physical chemistry classroom: A useful tool in the assessment toolbox

DE Gardner, AN Giordano - Journal of chemical education, 2023 - ACS Publications
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated challenges with assessment, especially in online
environments that threaten academic integrity. In the wake of the pandemic, faculty in higher …

Beyond instructional practices: Characterizing learning environments that support students in explaining chemical phenomena

VR Ralph, LJ Scharlott, CE Schwarz… - Journal of Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many conversations surrounding improvement of large‐enrollment college science,
technology, engineering & mathematics (STEM) courses focus primarily (or solely) on …

Investigating the impact of combining structured peer work with a flipped organic chemistry course for high school students

AAA Selvam, S Senapati - Journal of Chemical Education, 2023 - ACS Publications
Research-based pedagogy was implemented to enhance high school students' learning
outcomes in basic organic chemistry. Flipped learning and structured peer work have been …

Assessment of scientific practice proficiency and content understanding following an inquiry-based laboratory course

K Hosbein, J Walker - Journal of Chemical Education, 2022 - ACS Publications
For decades, the case has been made for inquiry-based activities that enable teaching and
learning of science concepts through the process of doing science. Laboratory courses …

Impact of assessment emphasis on organic chemistry students' explanations for an alkene addition reaction

KS DeGlopper, CE Schwarz, NJ Ellias… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To potentially engage students in “doing organic chemistry”, organic chemistry courses
should foreground weaving together structure-and energy-related ideas to construct causal …

Authenticity-Driven Design of a High-Enrollment Organic Laboratory Course

BJ Esselman, NJ Hill, KS DeGlopper… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We have developed a curriculum for the organic chemistry laboratory in which students draw
on authentic usage of spectroscopy, spectrometry, and computational chemistry to explain …