Unique data creates 'fair and robust' online exams
Researchers have developed a new way of reinforcing "fair and robust" online exams, a study reports.
Education
Dec 14, 2021
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Journal of Chemical Education
Belonging insecurity in STEM courses can affect grades
As a first-year college student in an introductory chemistry class sits down for their midterm, which might be their first stepping stone toward a career in academia, research or medicine, a thought may swirl through their ...
Education
Sep 20, 2021
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Remote-friendly student project presentations enable creativity and risk-taking
In a two-year study that could help guide educators developing the post-pandemic new normal, student groups at the University of Michigan assigned to make video presentations showed more creativity and risk-taking than groups ...
Education
Mar 29, 2021
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Superheroes, foods and apps bring a modern twist to the periodic table
Many students, especially non-science majors, dread chemistry. The first lesson in an introductory chemistry course typically deals with how to interpret the periodic table of elements, but its complexity can be overwhelming ...
Education
Jan 13, 2021
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Engaging undergrads remotely with an escape room game
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, many universities canceled classes or held them online this spring—a change likely to continue for many this fall. As a result, hands-on chemistry labs are no longer accessible to undergraduate ...
Education
Aug 12, 2020
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Using Jenga to explain lithium-ion batteries
Tower block games such as Jenga can be used to explain to schoolchildren how lithium-ion batteries work, meeting an educational need to better understand a power source that has become vital to everyday life.
Education
Jun 15, 2020
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The candy-cola soda geyser experiment, at different altitudes
Dropping Mentos candies into a bottle of soda causes a foamy jet to erupt. Although science fair exhibitors can tell you that this geyser results from rapid degassing of the beverage induced by the candies, the precise means ...
Education
Apr 1, 2020
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Programmable transparent organic luminescent tags–writing with light
Luminescent emission in the form of phosphorescence commonly occurs in daily life as a result of a quantum mechanically small transition probability. A luminescent emission lifetime can last from microseconds to several hours. ...
Study expands what we know about natural, low-cost ways to remove pollutants from water
Newly published research by a Dickinson College chemistry professor is advancing what we know about the power of fruit and vegetable peels to remove pollutants, such as dyes and heavy metals, from water. Cindy Samet, professor ...
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Aug 1, 2018
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Metacognition training boosts gen chem exam scores
It's a lesson in scholastic humility: You waltz into an exam, confident that you've got a good enough grip on the class material to swing an 80 percent or so, maybe a 90 if some of the questions go your way.
Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2017
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