Research
Understanding the factors that contribute to the success or hindrance of marginalized women pursuing PhD in chemistry
Even though marginalized women are earning more doctoral degrees in chemistry than ever before, the proportion of women who complete chemistry doctorates…
Student reasoning and visual attention when translating between dash-wedge diagrams and chair conformations
In chemistry, there are many types of representations that can be used to depict the same molecule. Therefore, learners often struggle to…
Organic chemistry students’ reasoning with various representations of chemical structure
An understanding of how students develop and use representational competence skills requires a holistic account of the nature and interactions of multiple…
Exploring connections between instructional practice and inorganic chemistry student problem solving in the context of symmetry
Reasoning with the symmetry of chemical structures is a foundational skill in a university chemistry curriculum, as this skill is fundamental to…
Design and evaluation of the Organic chemistry Representational Competence Assessment (ORCA) instrument
The focus of this project is on the design evidence-based instructional materials to facilitate student understanding of representations and ability to translate between multiple representations.
