A review of research on the teaching and learning of chemical kinetics

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kinsey Bain ◽  
Marcy H. Towns
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Kinetics ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Student Understanding ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Primary Language ◽  
Undergraduate Mathematics Education ◽  
Approaches To Teaching

We review literature on the teaching and learning of chemical kinetics at both the secondary and tertiary levels. Our aim in doing so is to summarize research literature, synthesize recommendations for future research, and suggest implications for practitioners. Two main bodies of literature emerged from the chemical kinetics education research: student understanding and instructional approaches to teaching. The student understanding findings are discussed in light of the anchoring concepts content map for general chemistry. We also review relevant literature about research on undergraduate mathematics education, as mathematics is often used as the primary language of communicating chemical kinetics. Finally, we discuss directions for future research and implications for practice.

scholarly journals Literature Trend Identification of Sustainable Technology Innovation: A Bibliometric Study Based on Co-Citation and Main Path Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8664
Author(s):  
Ben Zhang ◽  
Lei Ma ◽  
Zheng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Citation Network ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sustainable Technology ◽  
Main Path ◽  
Main Path Analysis

In the past 20 years, there have been increasingly more studies on sustainable technology innovation (STI), possessing a significance for sustainable development. This paper aims to provide a research landscape, since the systematic understanding of STI is still inadequate. Through bibliometric analysis, it explores the literature distribution characteristics and the literature citation network. Based on the relevant literature data in the Web of Science (WOS), the study visually analyzes the development trend, topic distribution, burst literature, and co-citation network of the research literature, and extracts the evolution path of literature citation by using the main path analysis method. Through the analysis of co-citation and main path, 13 clusters in the co-citation network are found, which are further extracted as the main path network containing 82 nodes. Furthermore, this paper summarized the bibliometric landscape and discussed the frontier STI research topics. The comprehensive framework contributes to the understanding of STI themes and identifying future research agenda.

scholarly journals Significance of Literature Review in the Research of Social Sciences

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-102
Author(s):  
Jagat Prasad Parajuli
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Research Review ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Writing

Literature review is a preparatory work that enables a researcher to take up motivating future research. Literature review often makes a researcher an expert specialist of specific subject. Literature review is not just a report that summaries articles or books but it provides a description, summary as well as the critical evaluation of a scholarly work. The purpose of literature review is to provide background information, to establish importance, to demonstrate reliability and to carve out a space for further addition to research. Review of the literature is very essential and important for the proposed research writing. It’s always helpful for the researcher throughout his research work. Without surveying the relevant literature, no one can identify the research problem. So review of literature is the backbone of the research problem. Most of the other elements of the proposal are related with it. Reviewing the literature provides the guideline to the researcher to complete his proposed research oriented studies. Research is a process of knowing causes and effects of the events. Research is essential to know the fact; because seeing, hearing and feeling may be different than the reality. Knowing from such activities does not have the proof and such knowledge would not be believable to the others. But the knowledge gained from a researcher is proved by evidences and that is believed by others. Such work is known as a scientific research and it provides us reliability, authenticity and validity of the relevant social phenomenon.

Retrospective: why do customers switch? The dynamics of satisfaction versus loyalty

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 569-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Banwari Mittal
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Customer Data ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
New Research ◽  
As Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to revisit the 1998 paper (“Why do customers switch […]”) published in this journal with the goal of documenting research progress since then and identifying gaps still present in the knowledge base on the relevant key issues. Design/methodology/approach The method is literature review, theoretical scrutiny and critical reflections on the findings of the research studies over the past two decades that deal with customer satisfaction, loyalty and switching behaviors, with particular emphasis on service businesses. Findings The core issue of why satisfaction may not explain loyalty has been examined by positing other co-predictors and moderators of loyalty such as relationship quality, price value, trust, image, etc. These predictors have been found significant, implying that satisfaction is not the only driver of customer loyalty. Additionally, other drivers of switching and staying behavior have been established such as attraction of the alternatives and switching costs, respectively. This paper points out, however, that the gains of the new research literature are attenuated due to assumption of linearity in the loyalty effects of satisfaction and due to a lack of separate analyses of customer segments who defy the satisfaction–loyalty logic. Research limitations/implications The relevant literature is so vast that any account of it within the scope of this paper had to be by design delimited. The paper not only sampled the literature selectively but also summarized the principal findings of the selected papers over-simplistically. Interested readers must get a firsthand read of the reviewed literature. Practical implications The spotlight on the nonlinearity implies that practitioners should analyze customer data separately for customer segments that experience low, moderate and high satisfaction, and also separately for segments that show the expected positive satisfaction–loyalty relationship versus those who would defect despite being satisfied. Originality/value Against the backdrop where most academic as well as industry research had presumed a positive loyalty effect of satisfaction, the 1998 paper drew attention to segments of consumers who exhibited the contrarian loyalty behavior. The present paper shines a light on that topic with even sharper focus, highlighting six unaddressed issues that must frame future research.

Foreign language learning and teaching in Germany: A review of empirical research literature from 2005 to 2010

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Finkbeiner ◽  
Agnes Madeleine Olson ◽  
Jennifer Friedrich
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Learning And Teaching

This article reviews the empirical research literature on foreign language (FL) learning and teaching published between 2005 and 2010 in Germany. It focuses on the empirical studies that have attracted the greatest interest among researchers during this period of time. These include research on educational standards, teacher education, early FL learning, content and language integrated learning, motivation and interest, intercultural learning, literacy, learning strategies and cooperative and computer-assisted language learning. The review reveals rich and diverse research studies in the field of FL teaching and learning. As a relatively young discipline without a longstanding research tradition, this field overlaps in its research interests and methods with other research fields such as educational psychology, linguistics and the educational sciences. The review also shows that the research into FL teaching and learning is to a large degree dominated by small rather than large-scale projects and is characterized by its largely practical relevance. The review ends with recommendations for future research as a conditio sine qua non for further development in the field.

scholarly journals The do’s, don’ts and don’t knows of redressing differential attainment related to race/ethnicity in medical schools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly Fyfe ◽  
Jo Horsburgh ◽  
Julia Blitz ◽  
Neville Chiavaroli ◽  
Sonia Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Design Assessment

Abstract Introduction Systematic and structural inequities in power and privilege create differential attainment whereby differences in average levels of performance are observed between students from different socio-demographic groups. This paper reviews the international evidence on differential attainment related to ethnicity/race in medical school, drawing together the key messages from research to date to provide guidance for educators to operationalize and enact change and identify areas for further research. Methods Authors first identified areas of conceptual importance within differential attainment (learning, assessment, and systems/institutional factors) which were then the focus of a targeted review of the literature on differential attainment related to ethnicity/race in medical education and, where available and relevant, literature from higher education more generally. Each author then conducted a review of the literature and proposed guidelines based on their experience and research literature. The guidelines were iteratively reviewed and refined between all authors until we reached consensus on the Do’s, Don’ts and Don’t Knows. Results We present 13 guidelines with a summary of the research evidence for each. Guidelines address assessment practices (assessment design, assessment formats, use of assessments and post-hoc analysis) and educational systems and cultures (student experience, learning environment, faculty diversity and diversity practices). Conclusions Differential attainment related to ethnicity/race is a complex, systemic problem reflective of unequal norms and practices within broader society and evident throughout assessment practices, the learning environment and student experiences at medical school. Currently, the strongest empirical evidence is around assessment processes themselves. There is emerging evidence of minoritized students facing discrimination and having different learning experiences in medical school, but more studies are needed. There is a pressing need for research on how to effectively redress systemic issues within our medical schools, particularly related to inequity in teaching and learning.

scholarly journals Visual Analysis on Knowledge Management Research Using Citespace

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Jincheng Shi ◽  
Ru Zhang ◽  
Hongfei Guo ◽  
Yi Zhou ◽  
Changxing Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Research Trend ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Bibliometric Method

In recent years, research on knowledge management has become a hot issue in academia and industry. From the research literature of existing scholars on knowledge management, although research in this field has yielded a large amount of important research results, however, there is a lack of quantitative literature review to summarize the current status and development of the field. Most studies lack in-depth and extensional research on the basis of predecessors. This paper uses the bibliometric method to conduct statistical analysis of the literature in the field of knowledge management research, perform visualized analysis of the content of knowledge management research with citespace software, aiming to further understand the development of knowledge management research through analysis of relevant literature, frontier hotspots and future trends. The results of the research show: knowledge management research enters explosive development stage; Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research will gradually become the direction of development in this field; the integration of knowledge management and big data will become future research trend.

scholarly journals Understanding the Use of Social Media to Foster Student Creativity: A Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Rezende Vilarinho-Pereira ◽  
Adrie A. Koehler ◽  
Denise de Souza Fleith
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Information Share ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Integration

Abstract Social media have been increasingly used by youth to communicate with peers, access information, share creations, and express themselves. As a result, educators and researchers have recognized the potential for using social media to enhance teaching and learning experiences. Some scholars have also identified a relationship between social media integration and promoting student creativity. However, as with any educational technology, using a tool, such as social media, does not automatically increase creativity. In other words, the specific methods used to integrate social media as part of a learning experience affect the tool’s influence on the learning process. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to review literature considering the use of social media in formal learning environments and examine their relationship with enhancing student creativity. We conducted a search to locate empirical studies (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed method) published between 2010 and 2020 from the Academic Search Premier, Education Full Text, Education Source, ERIC, and PsychINFO databases. In the results, we describe how social media were used for instructional purposes in the selected studies and discuss the social media affordances that lead to fostering students’ creativity. Additionally, we provide recommendations for educators interested in integrating social media into their teaching practice, specifically to boost student creativity, and we offer suggestions for future research.

Roles of externalisation activities in the design process

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Maral Babapour Chafi
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Physical Models ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Knowledge Gaps ◽  
Design Processes ◽  
Digital Modelling

Designers engage in various activities, dealing with different materials and media to externalise and represent their form ideas. This paper presents a review of design research literature regarding externalisation activities in design process: sketching, building physical models and digital modelling. The aim has been to review research on the roles of media and representations in design processes, and highlight knowledge gaps and questions for future research.

Identifying The Competencies Possessed By The Engineering College Faculty In India

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 68-71
Author(s):  
Mohanakumari. D ◽  
R. Magesh
Keyword(s):  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Global Workforce ◽  
Content Domain ◽  
Technology Changes ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

The main intention of the Paper is identifying the competencies possessed by the faculty in engineering college and adequate skills of all the disciplines required and that plays a vital role in educational institutions.In this era, engineering education in India faces major challenges as it requires meeting the demands of technical profession and emerging job market. Researchers have created some universally desired, yet challenging skills for global workforce. Nowadays, technology changes rapidly, so we have to update our self-according to the changing world, i.e., infrastructure, content/domain knowledge, educators/HR trainers. Thus, our technical faculty members should necessary to learn the innovative approaches to teaching and learning, which in turn will require effective professional development for both new and experienced instructors alike. It is right time now to redesign our curriculam, pedagogy and make the pre-service teacher preparation programme mandatory part of technical higher education.

The Social Neuroscience of Cooperation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Joseph Van Bavel
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Social Neuroscience ◽  
Future Research ◽  
A Value ◽  
Group Cooperation ◽  
Neural Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cooperative Decision Making

We review literature from several fields to describe common experimental tasks used to measure human cooperation as well as the theoretical models that have been used to characterize cooperative decision-making, as well as brain regions implicated in cooperation. Building on work in neuroeconomics, we suggest a value-based account may provide the most powerful understanding the psychology and neuroscience of group cooperation. We also review the role of individual differences and social context in shaping the mental processes that underlie cooperation and consider gaps in the literature and potential directions for future research on the social neuroscience of cooperation. We suggest that this multi-level approach provides a more comprehensive understanding of the mental and neural processes that underlie the decision to cooperate with others.

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