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Kiste, Alan L.; Scott, Gregory E.; Bukenberger, Jesse; Markmann, Miles; Moore, Jennifer – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
Twenty years ago, a major curriculum revision at a large, comprehensive university in the Western United States led to the implementation of an integrated lecture/laboratory (studio) experience for our engineering students taking general chemistry. Based on these twenty years of experience, construction of four purpose-built studio classrooms to…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education
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El-Farargy, Nancy – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2010
A group of National Certificate (NC) Health Care students participated in an applications-based chemistry curriculum intervention. In a previous study, results have indicated that learning chemistry through applications helped to improve the perceived relevance and attitudes towards learning the subject. This paper builds on this earlier work and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Attitudes, Chemistry, Intellectual Development
Malek, Ninos Pierre – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Economics education has been a topic of research interest to many economists. In addition, the philosophical and ethical content of economics and its role in economics education has been an issue of discussion. Chapter 1 of my dissertation addresses what topics should be ignored in a principles of microeconomics class, what the goal of the…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Economics Education, Microeconomics, Statistical Analysis
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Dawson, Teresa; Fedko, Sarah; Johnston, Nancy; Khoo, Elaine; King, Sarah; Mall, Saira; Olaveson, Mary; Patterson, Janice; Persaud, Kamini; Sardone, Frances; Shahbazi, Zohreh; Skene, Allyson; Young, Martha; Hasenkampf, Clare A. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2010
We have undertaken an integrated and collaborative approach to developing foundational skills of students in a first year, Introductory Biology course. The course is a large lecture and laboratory course with enrollments ranging from 800-1000 per year. Teaching and Learning experts were brought into the course as weekly "Foundation Skills for…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Biology, Introductory Courses, College Science