All Study skills articles – Page 3
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Solving problems using experts’ decisions
New research demonstrates how decision trees help students apply their knowledge
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Ideas
Developing independent learning
Supporting students with extended project qualifications needn’t be onerous
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Analysis
Students don’t have to stick to lab projects during chemistry degrees
They can gain valuable employment skills in other ways
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Problem solving tutor
Use this online interactive tutorial to teach three different methods for solving problems in quantitative chemistry. Video: How to use the problem solving tutor
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Effective revision
Are your students staring at revision guides and fiddling with coloured pens?
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Dunning-Kruger: the gap between prediction and performance
Improve expectations to improve learning
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Chemical misconceptions II: Scaffolding explanations
The materials comprise of two sets of questions requiring explanations - which may be used as a pre-test and post-test a worksheet.
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Ideas
Teaching difficult content
Catrin Green has some ideas for teaching a knowledge-heavy curriculum
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Bacteria and foods: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to bacteria and how to stop food spoiling with this short podcast.
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Sweet and sour: kitchen science podcasts
Introduce your students to how the 5 senses help us perceive food with this short podcast.