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Research: Science and Education
Chemical Education Research
CHEMX: An Instrument To Assess Students' Cognitive Expectations for Learning Chemistry
Nathaniel Grove and Stacey Lowery Bretz
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056
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September 2007
Vol. 84 No. 9
p. 1524
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Many researchers have investigated the effects of students' prior knowledge upon learning chemistry, for example, the tenacity of alternative conceptions. Knowledge about learning also shapes students' learning of chemistry. This research describes the development of CHEMX, a survey instrument that measures an aspect of knowledge about learning known as cognitive expectations. Evidence for both the reliability and validity of CHEMX is presented. Data from undergraduate chemistry students is presented. Results include changes in expectations from first-year students to seniors, comparisons between majors and nonmajors, and a profile of faculty expectations in comparison to students' expectations.
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Grove, Nathaniel; Bretz, Stacey Lowery. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 1524.
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Keywords
Chemical Education Research; Constructivism; First-Year Undergraduate / General; Graduate Education / Research; Learning Theories; Second-Year Undergraduate; Testing / Assessment; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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