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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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