education research – Page 3
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NewsHow to apply pedagogical knowledge effectively
Develop your PCK to help students grasp and apply subject knowledge
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NewsSame molecule, different representations
Chemistry is full of varied representations. How do we help our students identify the information encoded within them?
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NewsTeaching tips for chemical kinetics
Students’ understanding is mostly assessed through numerical problems. Sometimes performance does not reflect understanding. Here’s why
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NewsDo our students suffer from chemophobia?
How your teaching can equip students to recognise and ward off misinformation
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NewsUnderstanding why chemistry is important boosts results
Use simple interventions to help students work out the real-life reasons why it is important to study chemistry
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NewsWhat affects students’ self-assessment skills?
A study investigating students’ self-assessed understanding has implications for your practice
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News5 tips for teaching VSEPR theory
Use the latest research to help your students form correct mental images when predicting molecular geometries
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NewsWhat is difficult about concentration?
Fresh insight offers tips for teaching the mathematics of moles, volume and molarity
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NewsUsing student-generated animations to assess conceptions
Harness the power of PowerPoint when teaching molecular motion to identify misconceptions and help students better understand the sub-microscopic world
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NewsResearchers find metacognition aids sub-microscopic understanding
Get research-based tips for improving your students’ submicroscopic understanding of particle models
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News5 tips for approaching formative assessment
Use these research-informed teaching tips to better uncover your classes’ core chemical thinking
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News4 tips for using testing to assist learning
Why giving students short quizzes after an exam improves their chemistry learning performance
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NewsThis is why you should teach metacognition explicitly
Research-based tips to ensure that metacognitive strategies become a life-long part of your students’ study skills
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News6 tips for teaching reaction rates using graphs
What to look out for when teaching graphs in reaction kinetics
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NewsHarness self-regulation to nurture independent study skills
Follow these tips to engage students with learning processes
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NewsStudents’ writing reveals understanding of electron pushing
Use written assignments to probe student understanding of organic mechanisms
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NewsNew scaffolding method improves student argumentation
The key to a good argument is flowing SOLO
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NewsLearning organic mechanisms – does technology help?
Are chemistry learning applications really worthwhile?
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NewsMaking effective use of collaborative learning
Get group tasks right and boost student learning