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Making Connections among Multiple Visual Representations: How Do Sense-Making Skills and Perceptual Fluency Relate to Learning of Chemistry Knowledge?
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Rau, Martina A. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2018
To learn content knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and math domains, students need to make connections among visual representations. This article considers two kinds of connection-making skills: (1) "sense-making skills" that allow students to verbally explain mappings among representations and (2) "perceptual…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning Processes, Chemistry, Visual Aids
Practice Makes Proficient: Teaching Undergraduate Students to Understand Published Research
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Kershaw, Trina C.; Lippman, Jordan P.; Fugate, Jennifer M. B. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2018
Scientific knowledge, including the critical evaluation and comprehension of empirical articles, is a key skill valued by most undergraduate institutions for students within the sciences. Students often find it difficult to not only summarize empirical journal articles, but moreover to successfully grasp the quality and rigor of investigation…
Descriptors: Pretests Posttests, Undergraduate Students, Educational Research, Journal Articles