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Implementation of Inquiry-Based Science in the Classroom and Its Repercussion on the Motivation to Learn Chemistry
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Ferreira, Daniele Marcondes; Sentanin, Franciani Cassia; Parra, Kenia Naara; Negrao Bonini, Victor Millani; de Castro, Mário; Kasseboehmer, Ana Claudia – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
The inquiry-based approach is a teaching strategy that facilitates students learning scientific concepts and about the nature of chemistry through experimental research, allowing them to participate in chemistry classes as researchers. The methodology employed in chemistry learning in Brazil is based on the traditional teaching approach, and…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Curriculum Implementation, Science Education
Space Race Game: A Web-Based Board Game for Aiding Students in Reviewing Thermochemistry, Chemical Equilibrium, and Chemical Kinetics
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Jose´ Nunes da Silva Ju´nior; Maria Elenir Nobre Pinho Ribeiro; Antonio Jose´ Melo Leite Junior; Maria Clara de Oliveira Alexandre; Francisco Serra Oliveira Alexandre; Andre´ Jalles Monteiro – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
This work provides information about the design, implementation, and assessment of the instructional role of a bilingual (English and Portuguese) web-based board game designed to assist Brazilian Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students in reviewing the content related to thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, and chemical kinetics. The game…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Web Sites, Chemistry, Science Education
Beyond the Deficit Model: Organic Chemistry Educators' Beliefs and Practices about Teaching Green and Sustainable Chemistry
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Alexandria Parker; Evan Noronha; Amanda Bongers – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The rise of global environmental issues has stressed the importance of sustainability and green chemistry teachings. Nevertheless, these topics remain largely untouched in most post-secondary organic chemistry lecture courses. This article investigates the barriers to integrating green and sustainable chemistry into organic chemistry classrooms…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Web-Based Board Game for Aiding Students' Review of the Resonance of Organic Compounds
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José Nunes da Silva Júnior; Antonio José Melo Leite Junior; Francisco Serra Oliveira Alexandre; André Jalles Monteiro; Kimberly Benedetti Vega; Andrea Basso – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Research indicates that students frequently struggle to apply their knowledge of organic compounds' structural theory to understand the concepts related to resonance and learn to use curved arrows to write resonance structures. Educators have developed educational tools and methodologies to aid students in overcoming their learning difficulties.…
Descriptors: Design, Curriculum Implementation, Web Based Instruction, Educational Games
Implementing Curriculum and Program Changes at a Chinese University to Foster Excellent Chemistry Teachers for Rural Middle Schools
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Cai, Longfei; Zhong, Minghua; Yan, Zankai; Huang, Junsheng; Zhang, Huiying; Lin, Manbin; Lai, Heyun; Pan, Hui; Ke, Dongxian; Ren, Nailin – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Given the big gap between rural areas and cities and developed areas of China in basic education, it is of great significance to train a large number of excellent teachers for basic education in the vast rural areas so as to boost basic education there and achieve educational equity. Hanshan Normal University is a regional normal university…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Middle School Students, Chemistry, Science Instruction
A Game-Based Approach to Learning the Idea of Chemical Elements and Their Periodic Classification
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Franco-Mariscal, Antonio Joaquín; Oliva-Martínez, José María; Blanco-López, Ángel; España-Ramos, Enrique – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
In this paper, the characteristics and results of a teaching unit based on the use of educational games to learn the idea of chemical elements and their periodic classification in secondary education are analyzed. The method is aimed at Spanish students aged 15-16 and consists of 24 1-h sessions. The results obtained on implementing the teaching…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Games, Secondary School Curriculum, Chemistry