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Author: Emily Kerr

I grew up in Central Massachusetts. I moved to Cincinnati Ohio were I studied chemistry for my undergraduate degree from Xavier University. I am now working on a PhD from Harvard University with a focus on battery technology.
September 29, 2023 Emily Kerr

How do you know you’re right? How student’s perceive their confidence in Chemistry

Title: ‘‘I guess it was more than just my general knowledge of chemistry’’: exploring students’ confidence judgments in two-tiered assessments Authors:

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December 15, 2021 Emily Kerr

Making Labs More Interesting: Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Lab Tasks Students With Recovering Lithium From Brine.

Students in an introductory chemistry lab were tasked with finding the best way to recover lithium from brine and interviewed about their experiences.

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September 26, 2021 Emily Kerr

How prepared do students feel for college chemistry? And how accurate are their perceptions?

Students often underestimate or overestimate their preparedness for General Chemistry at the beginning of the semester. Tertiary professors view students as less prepared than high school teachers.

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May 25, 2021 Emily Kerr

Students Perception of Peer and Professor Mindset Impacts Attitudes In Engineering Classes

Students mindsets, as well as those they think are held by their peers or professors, have an impact on their success in engineering courses.

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December 17, 2020 Emily Kerr

Interventions Encouraging Students to Draw and Reason Regarding Intermolecular Forces Improve Ability to Predict Relative Boiling Points From Lewis Structures

Interventions encouraging students to reason through and use supporting evidence to predict boiling point trends improves student understanding

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November 4, 2020 Emily Kerr

Metacognitive Training May Improve General Chemistry Student’s Study Strategies

A metacognitive intervention teaching General Chemistry students effective study skills led to students identify effective practices and may have improved performance in the course.

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June 24, 2020 Emily Kerr

POGIL Teaching Strategy Improves Student Performance in Large Introductory Chemistry Class

POGIL teaching strategies, where students work in groups to construct there own understanding of material from open ended questions, was shown to improve student performance in introductory chemistry courses.

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January 29, 2020 Emily Kerr

Students Choose to Study Science in High School Because It Is Interesting and Useful

Interestingly, their belief that they are good at science and can do science was a distant third.

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November 14, 2019 Emily Kerr

Students Like Active Learning Less-But Learn More

Even though students learn more in active learning environments, students still feel they learn more in traditional lecture settings.

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August 6, 2019 Emily Kerr

Physics Knowledge Can Be Helpful For Students Learning Chemistry

Reminding students of energy in physics can help them answer energy questions in chemistry.

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