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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Application and Evaluation of a Two-Concept Diagnostic Instrument with Students Entering College General Chemistry
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Heredia, Keily; Xu, Xiaoying; Lewis, Jennifer E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012
The Particulate Nature of Matter and Chemical Bonding Diagnostic Instrument (Othman J., Treagust D. F. and Chandrasegaran A. L., (2008), "Int. J. Sci. Educ.," 30(11), 1531-1550) is used to investigate college students' understanding of two chemistry concepts: particulate nature of matter and chemical bonding. The instrument, originally developed…
Descriptors: College Students, Diagnostic Tests, Chemistry, Factor Analysis
Uncovering Students' Incorrect Ideas about Foundational Concepts for Biochemistry
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Villafane, Sachel M.; Loertscher, Jennifer; Minderhout, Vicky; Lewis, Jennifer E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2011
This paper presents preliminary data on how an assessment instrument with a unique structure can be used to identify common incorrect ideas from prior coursework at the beginning of a biochemistry course, and to determine whether these ideas have changed by the end of the course. The twenty-one multiple-choice items address seven different…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Biochemistry, Data Analysis, Misconceptions
Diagnosing Changes in Attitude in First-Year College Chemistry Students with a Shortened Version of Bauer's Semantic Differential
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Brandriet, Alexandra R.; Xu, Xiaoying; Bretz, Stacey Lowery; Lewis, Jennifer E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2011
In this quantitative study, a shortened version of the Attitude toward the Subject of Chemistry Inventory (ASCI) created by Bauer (2008) was used to identify the chemistry attitudes of two populations of general chemistry students at two universities. The ASCIv2 contained just two factors from the original instrument. These factors measured…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Chemistry, Semantic Differential, Factor Analysis