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JCE TSTS: Today's Science for Tomorrow's Scientists
Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Web-Based Tool, Today's Science for Tomorrow's Scientists
Caroline Pharr
Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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June 2009
Vol. 86 No. 6
p. 757
Abstract
This paper discusses the development and implementation of Today's Science for Tomorrow's Scientist (TSTS), a Web site with tutorials presenting current science research to students in middle school and high school classrooms. TSTS was beta tested and then fully implemented in middle and high schools in the Madison, WI area. The information presented in TSTS correlates with the National Science Education Standards, which aids teachers in meaningfully incorporating the material into their curricula. Students' attitudes toward science, their understanding of the research environment, and their content knowledge were evaluated using survey data collected pre- and posttreatment. The data show that both middle school and high school students improve by a significant amount from content presurvey to content postsurvey after viewing TSTS Web tutorials.
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Attitudinal and research environment surveys; Content surveys by grade level and topics taught
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Pharr, Caroline. J. Chem. Educ. 2009, 86, 757.
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Keywords
Astrochemistry; Biochemistry; Bioinorganic Chemistry; Carbocations; Catalysis; Chemical Education Research; Computer-Based Learning; Elementary / Middle School Science; General Public; High School / Introductory Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Internet / Web-Based Learning; Organic Chemistry; Oxidation / Reduction; Periodicity / Periodic Table; Photochemistry; Physical Properties; Proteins / Peptides; Reactive Intermediates; Receptors; Synthesis; Transition Elements; UV-Vis Spectroscopy; Valence Bond Theory
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