A review of research on the teaching and learning of chemical bonding

KH Hunter, JMG Rodriguez… - Journal of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We review the literature, from 2006 to 2020, focused on the teaching and learning of
chemical bonding. The studies included in our review (48 studies set in 19 different …

How students learn content in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through drawing activities

SPW Wu, MA Rau - Educational Psychology Review, 2019 - Springer
Recent research suggests that drawing activities can help students learn concepts in the
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. In particular …

Development and assessment of a diagnostic tool to identify organic chemistry students' alternative conceptions related to acid strength

LKM McClary, SL Bretz - International Journal of Science Education, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The central goal of this study was to create a new diagnostic tool to identify organic
chemistry students' alternative conceptions related to acid strength. Twenty years of …

A systematic review of trends and findings in research employing drawing assessment in science education

HY Chang, TJ Lin, MH Lee, SWY Lee… - Studies in Science …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we reviewed 76 journal articles on employing drawing assessment as a
research tool in science education. Findings from the systematic review suggest four …

Students' competence in translating between different types of chemical representations

V Gkitzia, K Salta, C Tzougraki - Chemistry Education Research and …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Meaningful understanding of chemistry, among others, includes the ability of an individual to
think simultaneously at macroscopic, submicroscopic and symbolic levels, and this …

Students' understandings of acid strength: How meaningful is reliability when measuring alternative conceptions?

SL Bretz, LK McClary - Journal of Chemical Education, 2015 - ACS Publications
Most organic chemistry reactions occur by a mechanism that includes acid–base chemistry,
so it is important that students develop and learn to use correct conceptions of acids and …

Representations of chemical phenomena in secondary school chemistry textbooks

JE Upahi, U Ramnarain - Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The difficulties encountered by students in learning chemistry range from human factors to
the intrinsic nature of chemistry. To enhance students' understanding of chemistry, there is a …

Evaluation of the Open-Ended Green Chemistry Generic Comparison (GC)2 Prompt for Probing Student Conceptions about the Greenness of a Chemical Reaction

K Grieger, A Leontyev - Journal of chemical education, 2024 - ACS Publications
One key limitation for assessing student knowledge of green chemistry is the lack of readily
available assessments capable of eliciting reliable and valid data. Therefore, in this study …

Words or Pictures: A comparison of written and pictorial explanations of physical and chemical equilibria

S Akaygun, LL Jones - International Journal of Science Education, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The features of a concept or principle an individual chooses to highlight in an explanation or
description may be related to the medium of communication used. Different aspects of …

Learning quantum chemistry via a visual-conceptual approach: students' bidirectional textual and visual understanding

V Dangur, S Avargil, U Peskin, YJ Dori - … Education Research and …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Most undergraduate chemistry courses and a few high school honors courses, which focus
on physical chemistry and quantum mechanics, are highly mathematically-oriented. At the …