Answer Keys with Wrong Answers
Josh Kenney | Fri, 03/04/2022 - 18:50
Practice problem answer keys that provide correct and incorrect answers increase student metacognition and lead to more thorough learning.
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Surveying Litter as a Citizen Science Chemistry Activity
Dean Campbell | Sun, 05/30/2021 - 10:25
During the last few semesters, a small survey has been deployed at Bradley University where students were to describe and classify items of litter that they found. The purposes of the surveys were to get students thinking about some of the chemical implications of solid waste and give the students some experience with a citizen science project. The most recent iteration of the survey, and some of its results, are described.
Program Evaluation Part 4 – My Theory of Evaluation
Clarissa Sorens... | Mon, 04/19/2021 - 19:02
Evaluations are part of everyday life. This multi-part blog has aimed to expand the collective understanding on what is evaluation and what are some ways that it is done.
Program Evaluation Part 3 – My Favorite Evaluation Theories
Clarissa Sorens... | Mon, 03/08/2021 - 19:09
Evaluations are part of our everyday lives. This multi-part blog series aims to expand our collective understanding of evaluation. Part 3 focuses on reflections and critiques of some prominent evaluation theories.
Teach Them to Study (because they don't know how)
Josh Kenney | Mon, 02/15/2021 - 14:28
Self-quizzing is an effective study strategy that leads to longer-term memory retention than other methods. However, when I surveyed my student's preferred study method, self-quizzing did not make the list. In this post, I'll describe self-quizzing and how to support and encourage students to use it.
Program Evaluation Part 2 – What is evaluation?
Clarissa Sorens... | Tue, 02/09/2021 - 13:14
Evaluations are part of everyday life. This multi-part blog series aims to expand upon the evaluation process. Part 2 focuses on what evaluation is and how it differs from research.
Program Evaluation Part 1 – My Evaluation Experience
Clarissa Sorens... | Tue, 01/05/2021 - 10:45
Evaluations are part of everyday life and professional work. This multi-part blog series aims to expand upon the collective understanding of the kinds of evaluations. This, the first post, begins with personal experience with the common kinds of evaluations.
Have you already HEARD about it? - An AP Chemistry podcast!
Sarah Rayder | Thu, 07/23/2020 - 16:15
The APsolute RecAP’s philosophy is to maximize students’ understanding and minimize their need for memorization. The episodes follow the updated CED and each episode is under 10 minutes in length, so students are able to squeeze in a quick, effective review session even if they don’t have a ton of time to do so.
Cognitive Load and Active Learning
Clarissa Sorens... | Tue, 11/05/2019 - 10:20
A couple of days ago on Twitter, the ever-lasting debate between lecture and active learning reignited due to some talks at an Educational Research Conference held in Dublin. These talks stated direct guidance (which includes lecture) was superior in terms of student learning due its reduction of students’ cognitive load. The main citation used for this argument was an article by Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark published in 2006. So, let’s dive into what this article says.
Elements, Compounds, and a Vocabulary Card Sort
Ariel Serkin | Thu, 04/11/2019 - 21:28
How many of you could recite, word for word, a definition you learned in school? When you first memorized the definition, you could state “inertia is a property of matter”, or “density is mass over volume.” However, you struggled to apply it to a new situation and maybe you were unsure of how to construct a model of what it meant.