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Increasing Student Motivation and the Perception of Chemistry's Relevance in the Classroom by Learning about Tattooing from a Chemical and Societal View
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Stuckey, Marc; Eilks, Ingo – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2014
This paper presents a study on tattooing as a topic for chemistry education. The selection of the topic was inspired by a newly suggested framework, which focuses on the question of relevance of science education. The aim of this case was to get evidence on how topics selected based on the suggested model of relevance of science education affect…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Chemistry, Human Body
Experiences and Reflections about Teaching Atomic Structure in a Jigsaw Classroom in Lower Secondary School Chemistry Lessons
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Eilks, Ingo – Journal of Chemical Education, 2005
The study investigates the students opinions on learning in a jigsaw classroom and enquiring on what they think about jigsaw classroom having the potential to make chemistry learning more attractive and whether it can help them to improve their communicative and social skills. The study was carried out using a lesson design for teaching an…
Descriptors: Nuclear Physics, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science