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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2003  > September  >
Research: Science and Education
Chemical Education Research
Systemic Reform in Chemical Education: An International Perspective
A. F. M. Fahmy
Department of Chemistry, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt

J. J. Lagowski
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
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September 2003
Vol. 80 No. 9
p. 1078
Abstract
The Systemic Approach to Teaching and Learning (SATL) has its roots in concept mapping. Systemic diagrams (a closed cluster of concepts) are useful devices for teachers and their students that can improve student comprehension of a subject taught using SATL methods. To test the efficacy of systemic diagrams in learning chemistry, we conducted a preliminary experiment with high school students in the Cairo and Giza, Egypt, school districts. The subject was the chemistry of carboxylic acids, a module normally taught in these high schools. We produced systemically-oriented teaching materials and trained all personnel involved with students in these environments before the experiment. The students were divided into a control group and an experimental group; the latter were taught the carboxylic acid module using SATL methods while the control group was taught the same module using conventional—linear—methods of instruction. The experimental design involved a pre- and post-test protocol and affective survey instruments. The experimental data were analyzed using standard statistical methods (SPSS). The evidence available indicates that students taught by SATL methods achieved at a markedly higher level than students in the control groups. The affective surveys indicate that students in the experimental group have a positive perception of the SATL approach. The supplemental materials describe the experimental details.
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 Fahmy, A. F. M.; Lagowski, J. J. J. Chem. Educ. 2003 80 1078.
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 CER Student-Centered Learning; Chemical Education Research; Curriculum
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