Order of precedence of laboratory work and recitation in high-school chemistry

1928 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 1300
Author(s):  
Frank M. Greenlaw
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Laboratory Work ◽  
High School Chemistry

Interactions of chemistry teachers with gifted students in a regular high-school chemistry classroom

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naama Benny ◽  
Ron Blonder
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Chemistry Laboratory ◽  
Laboratory Work ◽  
Regular Classroom ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
High School Chemistry ◽  
Chemistry Teaching ◽  
Chemistry Teachers

Regular high-school chemistry teachers view gifted students as one of several types of students in a regular (mixed-ability) classroom. Gifted students have a range of unique abilities that characterize their learning process: mostly they differ in three key learning aspects: their faster learning pace, increased depth of understanding, and special interests. If gifted students are to develop their abilities and potential, and learn optimally in a regular classroom, the teaching must be adjusted to meet their special needs. Chemistry high-school curricula have built-in potential to cater to the special needs of gifted students. Chemistry learning entails laboratory work and comprehension of abstract concepts. In the classroom, the interactions between teachers and students are core events that trigger other class events. In the present study the interactions between teachers and gifted students in a regular classroom, which are specific for chemistry teaching, were studied. Two general categories of interactions with gifted students were found to be unique to the chemistry classroom: (1) interactions involving laboratory work and (2) interactions involving the challenge of teaching chemistry content. We found that since gifted students master abstract chemistry concepts quickly and with minimum scaffolding, no interactions regarding this aspect were reported. Gifted students do not need all the instruction time teachers usually devote to explaining abstract concepts in chemistry, concepts that are considered difficult for other students. The present study indicates the essential need of enhancing chemistry teachers’ knowledge regarding teaching gifted students in the chemistry classroom. This includes knowledge about how gifted students learn in general, and its adaptation to the chemistry classroom and the chemistry laboratory according to academic and curricular needs of the gifted students.

High School Chemistry Self-Efficacy Scale

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeşim Çapa Aydın ◽  
Esen Uzuntiryaki
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
High School Chemistry

Visualizing chemistry teachers’ enacted assessment design practices to better understand barriers to “best practices”

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam G. L. Schafer ◽  
Victoria M. Borland ◽  
Ellen J. Yezierski
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Formative Assessments ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Specific Method ◽  
High School Chemistry ◽  
Chemistry Teachers ◽  
Assessment Design ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Representational Level

Even when chemistry teachers’ beliefs about assessment design align with literature-cited best practices, barriers can prevent teachers from enacting those beliefs when developing day-to-day assessments. In this paper, the relationship between high school chemistry teachers’ self-generated “best practices” for developing formative assessments and the assessments they implement in their courses are examined. Results from a detailed evaluation of several high school chemistry formative assessments, learning goals, and learning activities reveal that assessment items are often developed to require well-articulated tasks but lack either alignment regarding representational level or employ only one representational level for nearly all assessment items. Implications for the development of a chemistry-specific method for evaluating alignment are presented as well as implications for high school chemistry assessment design.

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