education research – Page 3
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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
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NewsResearch points the way to help teach Maxwell—Boltzmann distributions
How to avoid faulty knowledge application by students when teaching distributions of states
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NewsStudents’ struggle with multiple representations
How important is it for students to be able to move between chemical representations to grasp fundamental chemical concepts and phenomena?
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NewsPhilosophical discussion promotes confidence in the classroom
How encouraging students to engage in philosophical dialogue can yield surprising results
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NewsChoose chemical representations carefully
How the combination of representations you use impacts your students’ learning
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NewsBe forceful with chemical bonding
Help your students understand chemical bonding with force-based models
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NewsEnhance explanations of intermolecular forces
How small prompts can result in big leaps in student understanding
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NewsWhich is best: practical or simulation?
Students interact with practicals and simulations differently, but does one approach come with better learning outcomes?
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NewsMetacognitive motivation
How it can positively influence students’ beliefs in their own abilities
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NewsProbing difficulties with quantum atomic models
What you can do to make grasping atomic representations easier