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The Popova Group is very excited to welcome our new postdoc, Dr. Lu Shi!
A warm welcome to Dr. Lu Shi who joined the Popova group as a Postdoctoral Scholar! Lu earned her PhD with Dr….
Maia, Fridah, and Lyniesha gave a talk to CER researchers in Germany! Thank you, Dr. Nicole Graulich, for the invitation!
Title: What does it mean to be representationally competent with representations of molecular structure? Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss our strides toward…
Dr. Marcy Towns gave a great talk about driving forward learning in the laboratory!
Marcy gave a talk as part of the inaugural Dr. Steven Nils Ulosevich RISE Speaker Series, which is part of UNCG’s 2022…
Maia gave an invited talk at ECU about instructional support for developing representational competence!
Title: Characterization of Student Representational Competence and Instructional Support for Developing this Set of Skills Abstract: Learning and communicating with representations is an essential…
PRG published a paper about the effectiveness of organic chemistry textbooks for promoting representational competence!
Gurung, E., Jacob, R., Bunch, Z., Thompson, B., Popova, M.; Evaluating the effectiveness of organic chemistry textbooks for promoting representational competence. J….
Dr. Maria Oliver-Hoyo gave a great talk about the role of frameworks in the development of instructional resources!
April 1, 2022
PRG gave four talks at the 2022 ACS conference!
Maia: Representational competence under the magnifying glass: The interplay between student reasoning skills, conceptual understanding, and the nature of representations. Presented at…
Bailey Thompson won the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award (URCA)!
Bailey Thompson won the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award (URCA) to conduct a project titled “Investigating student visual processing behavior when translating…
