Kraft, A., Popova, M., Erdmann, R. M., Harshman, J., Stains, M.; Tensions between depth and breadth: An exploratory investigation of chemistry assistant professors’ perspectives on content coverage Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2022, doi.org/10.1039/D2RP00299J
Shi, L., Popova, M., Erdmann, R., Pellegrini, A., Le, B., Johnson, V., Nelson, T., Nelson, Z., Undersander, M., Stains, M.; Exploring the complementarity of measures of instructional practices. CBE-Life Science Education, 2022, 22:ar1, 1–9
On November 28, 2022 we had the pleasure to host Dr. Mary Beth Anzovino from Georgia Gwinnett College at our group meeting. Her talk was titled “Specifications Grading in Chemistry Courses at Georgia Gwinnett College.” Thank you very much, Dr. Anzovino, for an excellent presentation and insightful discussion.
On September 21, Maia gave a talk titled “Reconceptualizing representational competence: The interconnected model of representational competence skills” On November 16, Lyniesha gave a talk titled “The complexities of measuring student competence with representations in Organic Chemistry” Thank you to the Towns Research Group for the invitations!
Title: Representational Competence: What Skills Organic Chemistry Textbooks Teach and What Skills Students Develop Abstract: Learning and communicating with representations is an essential component of chemistry instruction. The process of successfully using multiple representations to think about, communicate, and create meaning for a phenomenon defines representational competence. In this talk, we will… Continue reading…
Bailey and Maia gave the following talks at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS (SERMACS), San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 19-22, 2022: Popova, M., Reconceptualizing representational competence through the analysis of student reasoning about representations of molecular structure. Thompson, B., Bunch, Z., Popova, M., Analysis of representations in chemistry… Continue reading…
Dorothy Levis Munroe and her twin sister Katheryne Levis McCormick attended UNCG and majored in Chemistry, graduating in 1944. Dorothy earned her Master’s degree in Chemistry, taught high school Mathematics, was the first woman to serve on the Board of Education in Newark, DE, and was very involved in the… Continue reading…
