In this article we summarise over 60 reports and research articles on pre-laboratory activities
in higher education chemistry. In the first section of the review, we categorise these activities …

Laboratory work has been a common element of science courses at university level for
around two centuries, but its practice has been criticised by scholars in the field and related …

As continued COVID-19 disruption looks likely across the world, perhaps until 2021,
contingency plans are evolving in case of further disruption in the 2020–2021 academic …

The laboratory occupies a central place in chemistry curricula, but the reported goals of
laboratory work are very broad. This commentary considers the variety of reported goals of …

Laboratory work in chemistry has been extensively researched in the last decade but the
gap between research and practice is still broad. This Perspective shares 10 guiding …

The analysis of exemplars of different quality is a potentially powerful tool in enabling
students to understand assessment expectations and appreciate academic standards …

The inclusion and use of mobile phones in education is subject to two opposing arguments,
one which defends and the other which opposes their use. This work has undertaken a …

Peer review in the classroom can enhance numerous employability skills such as critical
appraisal, writing skills, reflection practices and collaborative experiences. This study takes …

Student-generated videos are growing in popularity in education generally, and in chemistry
education there are several reports emerging on their use in practice. Interest in their use in …

This research aims to determine the prospective science teachers' mastery level of science
process skills (SPS), the mastery level of SPS indicators, and the prospective science …