education research – Page 2
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NewsImprove students’ understanding of stereoisomers with these evidence-based ideas
Discover three effective methods to help your students understand molecular rotations
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NewsEnsure chemistry students get the most out of practical work
Top tips from research to improve understanding and collaboration in practicals
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NewsImprove students’ scientific literacy through inquiry
Tips to develop students’ experimental design skills without the need for practical chemistry
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NewsSupport students to make sense of models
How your subject knowledge and teaching knowledge combine to transform students’ understanding
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NewsTweak your questions to improve students’ problem-solving skills
How changing the format of practice questions can improve learners’ skills
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NewsBoost confidence in STEM
Discover how writing tasks can stimulate learning and boost confidence
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NewsMechanistic reasoning in the chemistry classroom
Do teachers need to rethink their explanations depending on their teaching context?
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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’ sub-microscopic 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