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Sofie Ye; Maja Elmgren; Magnus Jacobsson; Felix M. Ho – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
Problem solving in chemical kinetics poses substantial challenges for university students since it often involves significant use of mathematics as a tool and language, with challenging translations and transitions between chemical phenomena and mathematical representations. In this paper, we present key findings from a study investigating…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Chemistry, Kinetics, Mathematics
Sean Gao; Taylor C. Outlaw; Jason G. Liang-Lin; Alina Feng; Reika Shimomura; Jennifer L. Roizen; Charles T. Cox Jr. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
This study aimed to analyze second-semester organic chemistry students' problem-solving strategies, specifically focusing on the resources activated while solving problems on E2, E1, and E1cB elimination reactions. Using the theoretical framework by Elby and Hammer, we defined a resource as a unit of information used in the problem-solving…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, Problem Solving, Protocol Analysis
Nicola A. Kiernan; Andrew Manches; Michael K. Seery – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
Central to conceptual understanding of STEM disciplines is visuospatial processing. Despite its acknowledged role in assuring learners' success, less is known about the underlying reasoning students must employ when solving 3-D problems and the ways in which gaining an understanding of this can inform formative assessment and learning in STEM…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Molecular Structure
Wanda M. Valsecchi; Jose M. Delfino; Javier Santos; Santiago E. Faraj – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
When teaching STEM courses, it is important to introduce state-of-the-art techniques. Students need to learn how to conduct experiments, analyse data and choose the most effective approaches to address meaningful situations. Here we present the assessment of the implementation of a structured inquiry-based activity aimed at teaching students about…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Learning Activities, Inquiry, Skill Development
Stott, Angela Elisabeth – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
The unit factor method, a generic strategy for solving any proportion-related problem, is known to be effective at reducing cognitive load through unit-cancellation providing step-by-step guidance. However, concerns have been raised that it can be applied mindlessly. This primarily quantitative prepost study investigates the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
Button, John; Turner, Diren Pamuk; Hammer, David – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
The most obvious feature of expertise in chemistry is content knowledge, which defines the primary objectives of instruction. Research in chemistry education, and STEM education more broadly, has also devoted attention to students' developing scientific practices of reasoning, investigation, and learning. In this study, we set out to investigate…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientists, Abstract Reasoning, Epistemology
Asmussen, Gyde; Rodemer, Marc; Bernholt, Sascha – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Students are known to have various difficulties in dealing with organic reaction mechanisms. A systematic classification of these difficulties appears necessary to design appropriate support. This paper presents insights into whether and how Bloom's revised taxonomy can be used to classify student difficulties in dealing with organic reaction…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Difficulty Level, Taxonomy
Yu, Liang; Li, Yueru; Lan, Yu; Zheng, Huzhi – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
The use of the flipped classroom approach in chemistry courses has rapidly increased over the past decade, and it appears that this type of learning environment will play an essential role in improving student success. However, it's crucial to note that the majority of these studies were carried out in higher education environments. There hasn't…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Academic Achievement, Problem Solving, Secondary School Students
Blackford, Katherine A.; Greenbaum, Julia C.; Redkar, Nikita S.; Gaillard, Nelson T.; Helix, Max R.; Baranger, Anne M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Problem solving is a key component of authentic scientific research and practice in organic chemistry. One factor that has been shown to have a major role in successful problem solving in a variety of disciplines is metacognitive regulation, defined as the control of one's thought processes through the use of planning, monitoring, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Organic Chemistry
Wan, Yanlan; Yao, Ruoqing; Li, Qi; Bi, Hualin – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Critical thinking, a rational and open higher-order thinking mode in human cognition, is becoming imperative to success in modern life. Therefore, cultivating students' critical thinking has become a common goal of education reform worldwide. Teachers play a crucial role in cultivating students' critical thinking. However, existing studies have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Teachers, Chemistry, Science Teachers
Vo, Kimberly; Sarkar, Mahbub; White, Paul J.; Yuriev, Elizabeth – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Problem solving is a fundamental skill that chemistry graduates should possess, yet many students have difficulties solving problems in chemistry. These difficulties may be either student- or instructor-driven. Instructor-related difficulties could stem from some teaching practices, such as expecting students to apply procedures without requiring…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Chemistry, Metacognition, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Gulacar, O.; Wu, Arista; Prathikanti, V.; Vernoy, B.; Kim, H.; Bacha, T.; Oentoro, T.; Navarrete-Pleitez, M.; Reedy, K. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
The questions in the practice assignments given to students in the form of worksheets or other formats are often grouped by chapter, topic, or concepts. There is a great emphasis on categorization. Most of the end-of-chapter problems in chemistry textbooks are organized by sections. Although this was done with the intention of helping students…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Problem Solving, Assignments
Karch, Jessica M.; Sevian, Hannah – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Productive problem solving, concept construction, and sense making occur through the core process of abstraction. Although the capacity for domain-general abstraction is developed at a young age, the role of abstraction in increasingly complex and disciplinary environments, such as those encountered in undergraduate STEM education, is not well…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Problem Solving, Undergraduate Students, Thermodynamics
Lieber, Leonie; Graulich, Nicole – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Building scientific arguments is a central ability for all scientists regardless of their specific domain. In organic chemistry, building arguments is a necessary skill to estimate reaction processes in consideration of the reactivities of reaction centres or the chemical and physical properties. Moreover, building arguments for multiple reaction…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Persuasive Discourse
Eckhard, Julia; Rodemer, Marc; Langner, Axel; Bernholt, Sascha; Graulich, Nicole – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Research in Organic Chemistry education has revealed students' challenges in mechanistic reasoning. When solving mechanistic tasks, students tend to focus on explicit surface features, apply fragmented conceptual knowledge, rely on rote-memorization and, hence, often struggle to build well-grounded causal explanations. When taking a resource…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Education, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods