All Evidence-based teaching articles
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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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5 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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Cemeg yn y Cwricwlwm i Gymru – cynllunio cefnogaeth
Canllawiau, gan gynnwys templed sgiliau ac enghraifft gwaith, i gefnogi athrawon gyda threfnu’r cwricwlwm a chynnydd ym Maes Dysgu ac Arbenigedd Gwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg y Cwricwlwm i Gymru, cam cynnydd 4.
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Chemistry in Curriculum for Wales – planning support
Guidance, including a skills template and worked example, to support teachers with curriculum planning and progression within the Science and Technology Area of Learning and Expertise from Curriculum for Wales, progression step 4.
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Using 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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Researchers find metacognition aids sub-microscopic understanding
Get research-based tips for improving your students’ sub-microscopic understanding of particle models
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5 tips for approaching formative assessment
Use these research-informed teaching tips to better uncover your classes’ core chemical thinking
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‘Structure and bonding really gets to the heart of chemistry’
Meet Niki Kaiser, a chemistry teacher inspiring others to embrace evidence-based teaching practices
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4 tips for using testing to assist learning
Why giving students short quizzes after an exam improves their chemistry learning performance
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This 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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6 tips for teaching reaction rates using graphs
What to look out for when teaching graphs in reaction kinetics
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Students’ writing reveals understanding of electron pushing
Use written assignments to probe student understanding of organic mechanisms
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Philosophical discussion promotes confidence in the classroom
How encouraging students to engage in philosophical dialogue can yield surprising results
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Choose chemical representations carefully
How the combination of representations you use impacts your students’ learning
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Be forceful with chemical bonding
Help your students understand chemical bonding with force-based models
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Enhance explanations of intermolecular forces
How small prompts can result in big leaps in student understanding
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Which 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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Metacognitive motivation
How it can positively influence students’ beliefs in their own abilities
