Although self-regulated learning (SRL) is becoming increasingly important in modern
educational contexts, disagreements exist regarding its measurement. One particularly …

Metacognitive skills have been shown to be strongly associated with academic achievement
and serve as the basis of many therapeutic treatments for mental health conditions. Thus, it …

Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate
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The National Science Foundation funded a synthesis study on the status, contributions, and
future direction of discipline-based education research (DBER) in physics, biological …

College students often find general chemistry to be a very challenging rite of passage on
their way to degrees in various science, technology, and mathematics disciplines. As …

While most scientists agree that laboratory work is an important part of introductory science
courses, there is scant evidence for the relationship between laboratory work and student …

The influence of metacognition on learning and problem solving has been demonstrated,
and it is becoming increasingly clear that promoting metacognitive activity can produce …

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 purpose of education in society is widely debated, but a common theme is that
education must prepare students for the world they will enter after they leave school …

Current views on metacognition consider it a fundamental factor in learning and problem‐
solving which in turn has led to interest in creating learning experiences conducive to …