The goal of the Inquiry Synthesis Project was to synthesize findings from research
conducted between 1984 and 2002 to address the research question, What is the impact of …

Peer-led team learning (PLTL) research has expanded from its roots in program evaluation
of student success measures in Workshop Chemistry to a spectrum of research questions …

To test the hypothesis that lecturing maximizes learning and course performance, we
metaanalyzed 225 studies that reported data on examination scores or failure rates when …

We conducted a laboratory‐based randomized control study to examine the effectiveness of
inquiry‐based instruction. We also disaggregated the data by student demographic …

Science Learning and Instruction describes advances in understanding the nature of
science learning and their implications for the design of science instruction. The authors …

College students often find general chemistry to be a very challenging rite of passage on
their way to degrees in various science, technology, and mathematics disciplines. As …

This study examines whether students enrolled in a general chemistry I laboratory course
developed the ability to participate in scientific argumentation over the course of a semester …

As a pedagogical approach, process oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) allows
students to socially construct knowledge through iterative cycles that include three steps …

Every day we struggle to understand the reality we live in. Sometimes we are able to unravel
the mechanisms behind the things that happen around us, but more often we have to rely on …

This article presents a new instructional model called Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI) that can
be used in undergraduate college chemistry laboratory courses. ADI is designed to provide …