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University Students' Understanding of Chemistry Processes and the Quality of Evidence in Their Written Arguments
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Seung, Eulsun; Choi, Aeran; Pestel, Beverly – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
We have developed a process-oriented chemistry laboratory curriculum for non-science majors. The purpose of this study is both to explore university students' understanding of chemistry processes and to evaluate the quality of evidence students use to support their claims regarding chemistry processes in a process-oriented chemistry laboratory…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, College Science, Persuasive Discourse
Students' Written Arguments in General Chemistry Laboratory Investigations
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Choi, Aeran; Hand, Brian; Greenbowe, Thomas – Research in Science Education, 2013
This study aimed to examine the written arguments developed by college freshman students using the Science Writing Heuristic approach in inquiry-based general chemistry laboratory classrooms and its relationships with students' achievement in chemistry courses. Fourteen freshman students participated in the first year of the study while 19…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Writing Assignments, College Freshmen, Heuristics
Examining the Impact of Student Use of Multiple Modal Representations in Constructing Arguments in Organic Chemistry Laboratory Classes
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Hand, Brian; Choi, Aeran – Research in Science Education, 2010
This study was designed to examine students' use of multiple modal representations within their written arguments as a consequence of completing a series of investigations of an organic chemistry laboratory course. One hundred and eleven students from a major Midwestern university were involved in using the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) approach…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Laboratories, College Science, College Students