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The Important Role of Chemistry Department Chairs and Recommendations for Actions They Can Enact to Advance Black Student Success
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Collins, Jennifer Shalini; Olesik, Susan V. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
There is a severe shortage of Black scientists in the United States. Amid the recent national movement to dismantle systemic racism and racial injustices, many scientists publicly highlighted the prevalence of racist learning environments in STEM, contributing to the underrepresentation of Black students in STEM fields. Acknowledging this…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Science Departments, Department Heads, Administrator Role
Multi-Framework Case Study Characterizing Organic Chemistry Instructors' Approaches toward Teaching about Representations
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Jones, Tamera; Romanov, Anastasia; Pratt, Justin M.; Popova, Maia – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Representational competence (RC) is a set of skills to reflectively use a variety of representations to draw inferences, make predictions, and support claims. Despite the important role RC plays in student success in chemistry and the considerable number of investigations into student ability to reason with representations, little is known about…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Teachers
Introducing Randomization Tests "via" an Evaluation of Peer-Led Team Learning in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses
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Ralph, Vanessa R.; Lewis, Scott E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2020
The methodological limitations education researchers face in the evaluation of reformed instruction have led to debates as to the evidence advancing evidence-based practices. To conduct more effective research, methodological pluralism in the evaluation of educational reforms can be used to complement the strengths and limitations of a corpus of…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Change, Chemistry, Science Instruction
Clickers in a Community College Classroom: An Initial Foray into Community College Biology Education Research
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Djerdjian, Nancy Traiser; Magner, Shawn; Jensen, Murray; Hyson, Rose; Lawford, Heather; Hull, Kerry – HAPS Educator, 2020
One strategy to transform the high attrition rates among community college (CC) students is for CC instructors to utilize the teaching practices shown to most likely lead to student success. CC students and faculty are underrepresented in biology education research (BER), with only 3% of BER articles addressing CC-specific issues (Schinske et al.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) (Fort Worth, Texas, October 22-24, 2013)
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2013), October 22-24, 2013, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by The University of North Texas (UNT), sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Short Term Memory