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Video Episodes and Action Cameras in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Eliciting Student Perceptions of Meaningful Learning
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Galloway, Kelli R.; Bretz, Stacey Lowery – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
A series of quantitative studies investigated undergraduate students' perceptions of their cognitive and affective learning in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory. To explore these quantitative findings, a qualitative research protocol was developed to characterize student learning in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory. Students (N = 13)…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Chemistry, Science Laboratories
Meaningful Learning in a First-Year Chemistry Laboratory Course: Differences across Classical, Discovery, and Instrumental Experiments
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Emenike, Mary Elizabeth; Danielson, Neil D.; Bretz, Stacey Lowery – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2011
At Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, the second-semester general chemistry course for chemistry majors is the equivalent of an analytical laboratory course. The experiments in the course are classified as classical, discovery, or instrumental on the basis of their structure and purpose. To investigate students' perceptions of learning through…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Prior Learning, Chemistry
Faculty Perspectives of Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Goals and Obstacles to Success
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Bruck, Laura B.; Towns, Marcy; Bretz, Stacey Lowery – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
Faculty perspectives of the undergraduate chemistry laboratory were the focus of a study to articulate the goals, strategies, and assessments used in undergraduate teaching laboratories. Data were collected via semistructured interviews with faculty (N = 22) from community colleges, liberal arts colleges, comprehensive universities, and research…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Laboratories, Success, Undergraduate Study