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Knowing from Glowing: Evidence from Fluorescence Laboratories on the Impact of Visualization on Meaningful Learning
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Mustafa Demirbuga; Donald. J. Wink – Journal of Chemical Education, 2025
Fluorescence experiments hold great potential to develop and deepen student understanding of fundamental chemical concepts because the phenomenon is engaging and also illustrates many different chemical concepts and applications, including in quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, kinetics, equilibrium, and stoichiometry, through easily observable…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Experiments, College Science, College Students
Measuring Meaningful Learning in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: A National, Cross-Sectional Study
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Galloway, Kelli R.; Bretz, Stacey Lowery – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Research on laboratory learning points to the need to better understand what and how students learn in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory. The Meaningful Learning in the Laboratory Instrument (MLLI) was administered to general and organic chemistry students from 15 colleges and universities across the United States in order to measure the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
The Effects of Prior Knowledge of Learning Outcomes on Student Achievement and Retention in Science Instruction.
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Raghubir, Karran P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1979
Investigated the effect on achievement and retention of providing students enrolled in a grade 11 biology course with precisely stated learning outcomes prior to instruction. Results show that the experimental group performed significantly higher than did the control group on both tests. (HM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Educational Research