Congrats on Michael and Solaire’s Publication in CERP!

Lab manager Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn and masters student Michael Petterson, recently published “The role of authentic contexts and social elements in supporting organic chemistry students’ interactions with writing-to-learn assignments” in CERP. Michael and Solaire show how incorporating relevance of content through authentic context in writing-to-learn assignments can support student affect and perceived student learning. Click on…

Congrats to Paul and Field for Their Latest Paper

Congratulations to Paul and Field for publishing their latest paper Organic Chemistry Students’ Written Descriptions and Explanations of Resonance and Its Influence on Reactivity in the Journal of Chemical Education. Paul and Field worked to undertand how students think about and understand chemical resonance in organic chemsitry using Writing-To-Learn assignments focused on resonance. To learn…

Congratulations to our Collaborators and Group Members on Publishing Their Latest Work on Cultural Relevance!

Our newest paper summarizes years of reflection, collaboration, and hard work! Cultural Relevance in Chemistry Education: Snow Chemistry and the Iñupiaq Community was published in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect special issue in the Journal of Chemical Education.  In this piece, members of the Iñupiaq community, professors at Iḷisaġvik College, and a team from University of Michigan partnered together…