scholarly journals Students’ conceptual understanding of organic chemistry and classroom implications in the Rwandan perspectives: A literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-32
Author(s):  
Aimable Sibomana ◽  
Claude Karegeya ◽  
John Sentongo
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Chemistry Instruction ◽  
The Subject

Chemistry subject continues to be considered as difficult to teach and learn. This leads to students’ low academic achievement, retention, and negative attitude towards the subject. Organic chemistry as one of the concepts on which technological advancement is constructed sometimes appears to be enormously complex to students. There are some persisting misconceptions about it although different innovative instructional strategies have been applied and this area is of main concern as the learning of students can be extremely hindered in case their misconceptions are not minimized and/or corrected. The review then is to equip educators with knowledge about organic chemistry concept and source of students ‘misconceptions; the misconceptions of students about organic chemistry; the ways of diagnosing students’ misconceptions and remedies of those misconceptions; some learning theories for the effective organic chemistry instruction and classroom implications. The paper is also useful to know more about the minimization of students’ misconceptions and leading them to the great academic achievement and interest towards the subject by employing cooperative learning models; thus, many other different innovative teaching strategies are recommended to apply in organic chemistry instruction

scholarly journals Students’ conceptual understanding of organic chemistry and classroom implications in the Rwandan perspectives: A literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-32
Author(s):  
Aimable Sibomana ◽  
Claude Karegeya ◽  
John Sentongo
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Chemistry Instruction ◽  
The Subject

Chemistry subject continues to be considered as difficult to teach and learn. This leads to students’ low academic achievement, retention, and negative attitude towards the subject. Organic chemistry as one of the concepts on which technological advancement is constructed sometimes appears to be enormously complex to students. There are some persisting misconceptions about it although different innovative instructional strategies have been applied and this area is of main concern as the learning of students can be extremely hindered in case their misconceptions are not minimized and/or corrected. The review then is to equip educators with knowledge about organic chemistry concept and source of students ‘misconceptions; the misconceptions of students about organic chemistry; the ways of diagnosing students’ misconceptions and remedies of those misconceptions; some learning theories for the effective organic chemistry instruction and classroom implications. The paper is also useful to know more about the minimization of students’ misconceptions and leading them to the great academic achievement and interest towards the subject by employing cooperative learning models; thus, many other different innovative teaching strategies are recommended to apply in organic chemistry instruction

Students’ Negative Attitude to Physics Influences Low Academic Achievement

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Tavita Q. Lumintac
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Moment Coefficient ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Difficult Subject

Physics is perceived as a difficult subject for secondary and tertiary students. A measurement of students’ attitude towards Physics must be obtained in finding ways of enhancing the teaching and learning in the colleges. Thus, this study is conducted to determine the attitude of engineering students towards physics and its relation to their academic achievement. Descriptive research design was employed in the study. Mean, standard deviation and Pearson product- moment coefficient of correlation were utilized in analyzing the data gathered. Results revealed that the students have a negative attitude towards physics subject, and their academic achievement of the subject is found to be fair or low. Further, a significant relationship was established between the students’ attitude toward Physics and their academic achievement. It is concluded that their low level of academic achievement in physics is the result of their negative attitude towards the subject. Hence, students’ negative attitude to physics influences low academic achievement.   Keywords Science Education, Physics, attitude, academic achievement, descriptive  design, Surigao City, Philippines

UPAYA PENINGKATAN KUALITAS PEMBELAJARAN BIOLOGI MELALUI PEMBELAJARAN BERMAKNA DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN PETA KONSEP

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jailani Jailani ◽  
Almukarramah Almukarramah
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Knowledge Structure ◽  
Instructional Effectiveness ◽  
Instructional Objectives ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Subject

One of the efforts to increase instructional effectiveness is by developing a meaningful learning strategy thought using concept mapping. The instructional objectives at school are not only to increase the academic achievement but also the ability and skill of the students in order to be able to understand the process of improving knowledge, attitude to the subject which is studied, and attitude to the environment, too. The instructional strategy with concept mapping is one of the alternatives that can provide the result of all aspects that are hoped to reach the instructional objectives. The concept mapping learning strategy signifies the students reorganize the new knowledge by inserting the concept into the net hierarchically and describe their connection in a diagram and combine it into a greater knowledge structure. The organizing of conceptual understanding well will aid the meaningfulness of students learning, so, the students are easier to understand the material of the lesson being studied.  

Designing a Mobile Application for Conceptual Understanding

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonal Dekhane ◽  
Mai Yin Tsoi
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Iterative Development

This paper describes the development of a mobile application (app) created as a learning tool to help organic chemistry students increase their conceptual understanding of a given topic. The learning needs of organic chemistry students studying the unit “functional groups” were first identified, appropriate learning theories were chosen, and then a working prototype of the mobile application “TsoiChem©” was designed and created using Apple’s iOS Software Development Kit. An iterative development process incorporated several learning theories along with the chemistry students’ feedback into the app’s design so as to best leverage the multi-touch feature of the device. This paper also discusses the preliminary data on the effectiveness of the design elements on student perceptions of the app and students’ conceptual understanding. Future directions for the app and this study are also presented.

Learning Language Levels in Students Accurate with a History Academic Achievement History

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Noorlela Binti Noordin ◽  
Abdul Razaq Ahmad ◽  
Anuar Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Statistical Inference ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Language Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Learning Language ◽  
The Relationship

This study was aimed to evaluate the Malay proficiency among students in Form Two especially non-Malay students and its relationship to academic achievement History. To achieve the purpose of the study there are two objectives, the first is to look at the difference between mean of Malay Language test influences min of academic achievement of History subject among non-Malay students in Form Two and the second is the relationship between the level of Malay proficiency and their academic achievement for History. This study used quantitative methods, which involved 100 people of Form Two non-Malay students in one of the schools in Klang, Selangor. This study used quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and statistical inference with IBM SPSS Statistics v22 software. This study found that there was a relationship between the proficiency of Malay language among non-Malay students with achievements in the subject of History. The implications of this study are discussed in this article.

Teaching Resilience to People With Visual Disabilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Inger Solange Maitta Rosado ◽  
Jenmer Maricela Pinargote Ortega ◽  
Eva Alcivar Medranda ◽  
Elisa Ximena Coello Basurto
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Visual Disability ◽  
Visual Disabilities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Technical University

The objective of the research is to develop resilience in people with visual disabilities at the Technical University of Manabí. The work offers a conceptual analysis on visual disability in students. It deals with what is related to the conceptual understanding of resilience, where several authors who have studied the subject are analyzed. The resilient capacity of students with visual impairment and the importance of psychological support is analyzed. The importance of the intervention in resilience is exposed, where the content of the Manual of Intervention in Resilience of Eugenio Saavedra 2011 is analyzed. The results of the measurement of resilience are shown in the students of the Technical University of Manabí who suffer from a visual disability and the situation that could be verified after applying the work of training in resilience to said personnel. Finally, the conclusions of the work are exposed, where the relevance of the study is demonstrated and a group of recommendations is made based on the importance of the results obtained in the research.

Autonomous vehicles: a review of the ethical, social and economic implications of the AI revolution

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shweta Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Autonomous Cars ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThere are ethical, legal, social and economic arguments surrounding the subject of autonomous vehicles. This paper aims to discuss some of the arguments to communicate one of the current issues in the rising field of artificial intelligence.Design/methodology/approachMaking use of widely available literature that the author has read and summarised showcasing her viewpoints, the author shows that technology is progressing every day. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are at the forefront of technological advancement today. The manufacture and innovation of new machines have revolutionised our lives and resulted in a world where we are becoming increasingly dependent on artificial intelligence.FindingsTechnology might appear to be getting out of hand, but it can be effectively used to transform lives and convenience.Research limitations/implicationsFrom robotics to autonomous vehicles, countless technologies have and will continue to make the lives of individuals much easier. But, with these advancements also comes something called “future shock”.Practical implicationsFuture shock is the state of being unable to keep up with rapid social or technological change. As a result, the topic of artificial intelligence, and thus autonomous cars, is highly debated.Social implicationsThe study will be of interest to researchers, academics and the public in general. It will encourage further thinking.Originality/valueThis is an original piece of writing informed by reading several current pieces. The study has not been submitted elsewhere.

Creating Simple, Low Cost, Animations for Organic Chemistry Instruction

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
L. KRAIG STEFFEN ◽  
MICHAEL GILL ◽  
J. GUNDERSEN ◽  
JANET E. NELSON
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Chemistry Instruction

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN KREATIVITAS ANAK USIA DINI MELALUI ORIGAMI

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Uswatun Hasanah ◽  
Dian Eka Priyantoro
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Paper Folding ◽  
Excellent Activity ◽  
The Subject

Everyone has different abilities. Reflecting from the diversity of different abilities, it should be necessary to do various ways in developing those abilities. One of the individual's abilities is creativity. Creativity is an important ability to develop, even in various elements of education. In this case, educators play an important role to develop that ability. Creativity is very important to develop, because creativity has a big influence and adequate to contribute in one's life, for example in academic achievement. The art of paper folding or origami, is an excellent activity to stimulate creativity as well as build a structured mind power in children. Because the subject of this activity is an early childhood, then this activity is designed with a simple method. Children who follow this activity are only told to look, then practice together and they may even form another pattern they want.

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