scholarly journals Perceptions of Pre-Service Teachers to Chemistry Laboratory Activities Based on Learning Experiences in the Laboratory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naning Imroatul Faiza ◽  
Nurfina Aznam
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Activities

Students’ meaningful learning experiences from participating in organic chemistry writing-to-learn activities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trisha Gupte ◽  
Field M. Watts ◽  
Jennifer A. Schmidt-McCormack ◽  
Ina Zaimi ◽  
Anne Ruggles Gere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Writing To Learn ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Problem Solving Skills

Teaching organic chemistry requires supporting learning strategies that meaningfully engage students with the challenging concepts and advanced problem-solving skills needed to be successful. Such meaningful learning experiences should encourage students to actively choose to incorporate new concepts into their existing knowledge frameworks by appealing to the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains of learning. This study provides a qualitative analysis of students’ meaningful learning experiences after completing three Writing-to-Learn (WTL) assignments in an organic chemistry laboratory course. The assignments were designed to appeal to the three domains necessary for a meaningful learning experience, and this research seeks to understand if and how the WTL assignments promoted students’ meaningful learning. The primary data collected were the students’ responses to open-ended feedback surveys conducted after each assignment. These responses were qualitatively analyzed to identify themes across students’ experiences about their meaningful learning. The feedback survey analysis was triangulated with interviews conducted after each assignment. The results identify how the assignments connected to students’ existing knowledge from other courses and indicate that assignment components such as authentic contexts, clear expectations, and peer review supported students’ meaningful learning experiences. These results inform how assignment design can influence students’ learning experiences and suggest implications for how to support students’ meaningful learning of organic chemistry through writing.

Online pre-laboratory tools for first-year undergraduate chemistry course in Uruguay: student preferences and implications on student performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás Veiga ◽  
Florencia Luzardo ◽  
Kenneth Irving ◽  
María N. Rodríguez-Ayán ◽  
Julia Torres
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Discussion Forum ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Laboratory Activities ◽  
Specific Teaching ◽  
Student Laboratory

As a fundamental part of their chemical education, first-year undergraduate students are substantially involved in laboratory activities. Despite the specific teaching staff choices on the main laboratory aims, students normally receive a vast amount of information during these activities. Apart from understanding theoretical content, fundamental skills such as manipulation, data collection and interpretation should be developed. In this context, learners could feel overwhelmed since they can only process a few pieces of information at a time. Indeed, our experience at theUniversidad de la República(Uruguayan public university) shows that many first-year students are in fact not able to cope with all the information they receive during laboratory activities. As a result, many of them only follow the experimental protocol automatically, without gaining significant knowledge or developing the necessary skills. In this work, we assessed the use of new online interactive pre-laboratory activities implemented for 252 first-year university students enrolled in a 12-module General Chemistry laboratory course. The student choice of interactiveversusmore traditional material was evaluated together with observed preferences regarding the different interactive tools offered. Besides, an online pre-laboratory discussion forum was also implemented and assessed. Both the interactive material and the discussion forum were chosen freely by the majority of students (61% and 79%, respectively). Interestingly, the choice was to some extent modulated by student previous performance. Interactive pre-laboratory material was more frequently chosen by low previous performance students, whereas pre-laboratory forum was preferentially used by high previous performance students. Finally, the influence of these new materials on student laboratory performance was statistically analyzed. Other personal and academic variables were also taken into account. Interactive material access was positively correlated with the final laboratory marks for medium previous performance learners. On the other hand, for lower previous performance students, the academic discussion between teachers and partners promoted by the online forum was positively correlated with their academic performance.

Video episodes and action cameras in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory: eliciting student perceptions of meaningful learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelli R. Galloway ◽  
Stacey Lowery Bretz
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Meaningful Learning ◽  
Affective Learning ◽  
The Self ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Undergraduate Chemistry ◽  
Affective Experiences

A series of quantitative studies investigated undergraduate students' perceptions of their cognitive and affective learning in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory. To explore these quantitative findings, a qualitative research protocol was developed to characterize student learning in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory. Students (N= 13) were observed and video recorded while performing one of their assigned laboratory experiments. Each student wore an action camera as well as a lapel microphone attached to a voice recorder to capture the experiment from the students' perspective. A tripod camera was also placed unobtrusively in the lab to record the student from a third person perspective. Students were interviewed within 48 hours of their video recording and asked to identify specific learning experiences in their laboratory experiment. The self-selected video episodes were shown to the students, and they were asked to describe what they were doing and why they were doing it. The students' descriptions were analyzed using Novak's theory of meaningful learning to characterize their cognitive and affective experiences. The self-identified learning experiences were dominated by descriptions of psychomotor learning with few students discussing cognitive experiences. The limited connections between cognitive and affective experiences revealed missed opportunities for meaningful learning.

scholarly journals Emotions and learning in the chemistry laboratory

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-119
Author(s):  
Minna Tiainen ◽  
Heidi Pietilä ◽  
Sanna Tyni
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Quality Teaching ◽  
First Year ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Laboratory Course ◽  
Model Based

In this study, the first-year chemistry laboratory course was renewed and made more intensive, three weeks course. Students’ experiences of the renewed course were examined by analyzing their learning diaries which they were encouraged to keep during the whole course. The purpose of this study was to find out how the intense coursework affects students’ emotions and learning experiences. Thus, the learning diaries were analyzed in order to find out different emotions that students experienced during the course. These emotions were then classified and represented using a model based on a two-dimensional emotion theory. Diversity of students’ emotions during the course gave us important information how emotions influenced on student’s learning and achievement. For teacher it is valuable to understand and deal with the emotions experienced by students while planning and carrying out the laboratory course. This enables not only higher quality teaching, but also more positive learning outcomes for students regarding their chemistry laboratory studies. FULL TEXT IN FINNISH.

Student Anticipations and Reactions to Hybrid Format Education

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah M. Ginsberg
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Online Platform ◽  
Hybrid Format

Abstract This qualitative study examined student perceptions regarding a hybrid classroom format in which part of their learning took place in a traditional classroom and part of their learning occurred in an online platform. Pre-course and post-course anonymous essays suggest that students may be open to learning in this context; however, they have specific concerns as well. Students raised issues regarding faculty communication patterns, learning styles, and the value of clear connections between online and traditional learning experiences. Student concerns and feedback need to be addressed through the course design and by the instructor in order for them to have a positive learning experience in a hybrid format course.

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