ERIC Number: EJ1234630
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Nov
Pages: 7
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EXPlainistry: Creating Documentation, Explanations, and Animated Visualizations of Chemistry Experiments Supported by Information and Communication Technology to Help School Students Understand Molecular-Level Interactions
Seibert, Johann; Kay, Christopher W. M.; Huwer, Johannes
Journal of Chemical Education, v96 n11 p2503-2509 Nov 2019
Given that students are constantly communicating and documenting special experiences in their social and private lives with digital devices, we suggest that this behavior could be used to record and deepen learning experiences-such as visualizing reactions at the molecular level-in a chemistry class. An example would be the creation of stop-motion videos to aid the visualization process for the documentation of experiments. This approach makes use of well-established techniques for documentation and visualization (e.g., static models or pictures) and combines them with dynamic approaches (e.g., animations) in order to enhance explanations of chemical experiments. Here, we describe how we use this approach to augment the novel teaching method, EXPlainistry (experiments explained in chemistry) with 5th to 12th graders, and consider how it helps students use ICT (information and communications technology) in order to document, explain, and visualize experiments in chemistry education.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Science Experiments, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Animation, Visualization, Scientific Concepts, Molecular Structure, Concept Formation, Visual Aids, Documentation, Pictorial Stimuli, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Science
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 12
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Language: English
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