Congrats to our undergraduate student Jordan, who has officially committed to going to Stanford to complete her Masters degree in Secondary Earth Science Education. We are so proud of you!
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Congrats to Solaire on her new manuscript
In Utilizing peer review and revision in STEM to support the development of conceptual knowledge through writing, now out in Written Communication, Solaire and Noelle describe a study identifying whether students revised their statistical language in response to a WTL assignment following peer review. The article also describes the relative impacts of the ability of the peers whose…
Congrats to Michael and Solaire on their new manuscript
Michael and Solaire’s manuscript, Praxis of writing-to-learn: A model for the design and propagation of Writing-to-Learn in STEM is now out in JCE. In this manuscript, Michael and Solaire describe the process of designing and propagating Writing-to-Learn assignments in introductory STEM courses at the University of Michigan, and offer a framework for implementing similar tasks elsewhere.…
Congrats to Danielle for passing candidacy!
Congrats to Danielle who is now a PhD candidate! We are so proud of you.
Jeff Spencer acknowledged by Rackham for excellence in teaching!
Jeff received the Rackham Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award for 2021. In addition to being an excellent GSI, Jeff has contributed in a variety of ways to teaching in the chemistry department. He has served as a graduate student instructor mentor, he helped develop an instructional coaching program for both GSIs and faculty, and worked…
Check out this C&E News article featuring research by group member Dr. Megan Connor
Can NMR spectral interpretation be taught more efficiently?
Congrats to Megan, our first PhD graduate!
Megan defended her dissertation on Teaching and Learning H NMR Spectroscopy. Our group celebrated all that Megan has accomplished in the snow and below freezing temps. We are so proud of you, Megan! Congrats to Dr. Connor!
Congrats to Field and Solaire on their newly accepted article!
Field and Solaire’s article, The current state of methods for establishing reliability in qualitative chemistry education research articles, is now available in Chemistry Education Research and Practice. In this manuscript, they review how researchers in CER establish reliability for qualitative studies. They describe the approaches for establishing reliability and analyze prior CER articles for how they report evidence…
Ginger to speak at STEM DBER Research Seminar Series
Congrats to Megan, Ben, and Solaire on their paper out in JOC!
Megan, Ben, and Solaire’s paper, Developing expertise in 1H NMR spectral interpretation, is now available in the Journal of Organic Chemistry. For this investigation, they used eye tracking and retrospective think-aloud interviewing to investigate undergraduate and doctoral chemistry students’ understanding and information processing during 1H NMR spectral interpretation. Their findings suggest that five areas of understanding…