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 …

Instructor strategies to aid implementation of active learning: a systematic literature review

KA Nguyen, M Borrego, CJ Finelli… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Despite the evidence supporting the effectiveness of active learning in
undergraduate STEM courses, the adoption of active learning has been slow. One barrier to …

[BOOK][B] Reaching students: What research says about effective instruction in undergraduate science and engineering

N Kober - 2015 - nap.nationalacademies.org
Reaching Students: What Research Says About Effective Instruction in Undergraduate Science
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Reducing achievement gaps in undergraduate general chemistry could lift underrepresented students into a “hyperpersistent zone”

RB Harris, MR Mack, J Bryant, EJ Theobald… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Students from underrepresented groups start college with the same level of interest in STEM
majors as their peers, but leave STEM at higher rates. We tested the hypothesis that low …

Mechanistic reasoning in organic chemistry: A sco** review of how students describe and explain mechanisms in the chemistry education research literature

AJ Dood, FM Watts - Journal of Chemical Education, 2022 - ACS Publications
Organic chemistry reaction mechanisms are central to the discipline of organic chemistry but
challenging for students to learn and for instructors to teach. Due to the unique challenges …

A review of research on the teaching and learning of chemical bonding

KH Hunter, JMG Rodriguez… - Journal of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We review the literature, from 2006 to 2020, focused on the teaching and learning of
chemical bonding. The studies included in our review (48 studies set in 19 different …

Investigating students' reasoning about acid–base reactions

MM Cooper, H Kouyoumdjian… - Journal of Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Acid–base chemistry is central to a wide range of reactions. If students are able to
understand how and why acid–base reactions occur, it should provide a basis for reasoning …

Science identity development trajectories in a gateway college chemistry course: Predictors and relations to achievement and STEM pursuit

KA Robinson, T Perez, JH Carmel… - Contemporary …, 2019 - Elsevier
This investigation of undergraduates' heterogeneous science identity trajectories within a
gateway chemistry course identified three latent classes (High and Stable, Moderate and …

Advancing equity in STEM: The impact assessment design has on who succeeds in undergraduate introductory chemistry

VR Ralph, LJ Scharlott, AGL Schafer, MY Deshaye… - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
What we as scientists and educators assess has a tremendous impact on whom we
authorize to participate in science careers. Unfortunately, in critical gateway chemistry …

A review of research on process oriented guided inquiry learning: Implications for research and practice

JMG Rodriguez, KH Hunter, LJ Scharlott… - Journal of chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
As a pedagogical approach, process oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) allows
students to socially construct knowledge through iterative cycles that include three steps …