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Kasprowiak, Amaury; Moitessier, Cle´mence; Cazier-Dennin, Francine; Danjou, Pierre-Edouard – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Fractional distillation is part of the essential experimental techniques taught to first-year chemistry students, especially during practical organic chemistry work. The characterization of the distillate generally involves measuring the boiling temperature, the refractive index, or the infrared spectrum. In this paper, an unknown mixture composed…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Abstract Reasoning
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Marmur, Ofer; Zazkis, Rina – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2021
We investigate how students make sense of irrational exponents. The data comprise 32 interviews with university students, which revolved around a task designed to examine students' sensemaking processes involved in predicting and subsequently interpreting the shape of the graph of f(x)=x[superscript square root of 2]. The task design and data…
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, Graphs, Task Analysis
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Hang Wei; Rogier Bos; Paul Drijvers – Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2024
In addressing the challenge of fostering functional thinking (FT) in secondary school students, our research centered on the question of how an embodied design can enhance FT's different aspects, including input-output, covariation, and correspondence views. Drawing from embodied cognition theory and focusing on an action- and perception-based…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Abstract Reasoning, Design, Input Output Analysis
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Gitit Kavé; Maayan Sayag; Mira Goral – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
Previous research has demonstrated conflicting findings concerning orthographic access in older age. The current study examines whether older adults rely more heavily on stored knowledge while spelling, through testing of word concreteness. Forty-one younger (age 20-29), 41 middle age (age 45-55), and 40 healthy older adults (age 70-80) spelled 60…
Descriptors: Spelling, Young Adults, Adults, Older Adults
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Orly Barzilai; Sofia Sherman; Moshe Leiba; Hadar Spiegel – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2024
Data Structures and Algorithms (DS) is a basic computer science course that is a prerequisite for taking advanced information systems (IS) curriculum courses. The course aims to teach students how to analyze a problem, design a solution, and implement it using pseudocode to construct knowledge and develop the necessary skills for algorithmic…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Problem Solving, Information Systems, Algorithms
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Judith Galezer; Smadar Szekely – Informatics in Education, 2024
Spark, one of the products offered by MyQ (formerly Plethora), is a game-based platform meticulously designed to introduce students to the foundational concepts of computer science. By navigating through logical challenges, users delve into topics like abstraction, loops, and graph patterns. Setting itself apart from its counterparts, Spark boasts…
Descriptors: Learning Management Systems, Game Based Learning, Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods
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Field M. Watts; Solaire A. Finkenstaedt-Quinn; Ginger V. Shultz – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
Research on student learning in organic chemistry indicates that students tend to focus on surface level features of molecules with less consideration of implicit properties when engaging in mechanistic reasoning. Writing-to-learn (WTL) is one approach for supporting students' mechanistic reasoning. A variation of WTL incorporates peer review and…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Writing Assignments, Design, Peer Evaluation
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Luke T. Reinke; Michelle L. Stephan; Jerold R. Griggs – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
Many teachers use problems set in real or imaginary contexts to make mathematics engaging, but these problems can also be used to anchor conceptual understanding. By constructing an understanding of mathematical ideas through solving problems in contexts that make sense to students, they have a better chance of actually understanding those…
Descriptors: Middle School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Mathematical Concepts
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Mambrey, Sophia; Schreiber, Nico; Schmiemann, Philipp – Research in Science Education, 2022
Regarding future ecological challenges, it is highly relevant for students to understand the processes within ecosystems and the effects of external influences on their conservation. Since ecosystems are complex, difficulties in learning are often examined from a systems thinking perspective. However, challenges also arise in other areas,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Environmental Education, Ecology, Student Attitudes
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Karch, Jessica M.; Sevian, Hannah – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Productive problem solving, concept construction, and sense making occur through the core process of abstraction. Although the capacity for domain-general abstraction is developed at a young age, the role of abstraction in increasingly complex and disciplinary environments, such as those encountered in undergraduate STEM education, is not well…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Problem Solving, Undergraduate Students, Thermodynamics
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Köymen, Bahar; Engelmann, Jan M. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
People rely on reputational information communicated via gossip when deciding about with whom to cooperate, whom to believe, and whom to trust. In two studies, we investigated whether 5- and 7-year-old children trust in gossip when determining a course of action. In Study 1, 5- and 7-year-old German-speaking peer dyads (N = 64 dyads, 32 female…
Descriptors: Young Children, Abstract Reasoning, Participative Decision Making, Trust (Psychology)
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Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Farsani, Danyal; Yazdani-Fazlabadi, Babak – Cogent Education, 2022
Since formal mathematics is discussed in terms of abstract symbols, many students face difficulties to acquire a clear understanding of mathematical concepts and ideas. Transforming abstract or dis-embodied representations of mathematical concepts and ideas into embodied representations is a strategy to make mathematics more tangible and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Problem Solving
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Tan, Aik-Ling; Ong, Yann Shiou; Ng, Yong Sim; Tan, Jared Hong Jie – Science & Education, 2023
Balancing disciplinary knowledge and practical reasoning in problem solving is needed for meaningful learning. In STEM problem solving, science subject matter with associated practices often appears distant to learners due to its abstract nature. Consequently, learners experience difficulties making meaningful connections between science and their…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Problem Solving, Middle School Students, Grade 8
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Tuncay-Yüksel, Büsra; Yilmaz-Tüzün, Özgül; Zeidler, Dana L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
The purpose of this study was to test predictability of environmental moral reasoning patterns of preservice science teachers (PSTs) by their epistemological beliefs and values. Four environmental moral dilemma scenarios that reflect different environmental moral dilemma situations taking place in four outdoor recreation contexts (i.e., hiking,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Conservation (Environment), Predictor Variables
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Yang, Kai-Lin; Cheng, Ying-Hao; Wang, Ting-Ying; Chen, Jhih-Cheng – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2023
This study explored mathematics teachers' reasoning regarding their instructional design for technology use in teaching mathematics. Various types of qualitative data were obtained and analysed from a sample of 19 secondary and 28 primary preservice teachers. The findings showed that the purposes of technology use, teachers' conceptions of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Student Attitudes, Thinking Skills
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