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Research: Science and Education
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Chemical Education Research
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The Effects of Thinking Aloud Pair Problem Solving on High School Students' Chemistry Problem-Solving Performance and Verbal Interactions
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Kyungmoon Jeon
Department of Science Education, Gwangju National University of Education, Gwangju 500-703, Korea
Douglas Huffman
Department of Teaching and Leadership, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
Taehee Noh
Department of Chemistry Education, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-741, Korea
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October 2005
Vol. 82 No. 10
p. 1558
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This study investigated the effects of a thinking aloud pair problem solving (TAPPS) approach on students' chemistry problem-solving performance and verbal interactions. A total of 85 eleventh grade students from three classes in a Korean high school were randomly assigned to one of three groups; either individually using a problem-solving strategy, using a problem-solving strategy with TAPPS, or the control group. After instruction, students' problem-solving performance was examined. The results showed that students in both the individual and TAPPS groups performed better than those in the control group on recalling the related law and mathematical execution, while students in the TAPPS group performed better than those in the other groups on conceptual knowledge. To investigate the verbal behaviors using TAPPS, verbal behaviors of solvers and listeners were classified into 8 categories. Listeners' verbal behavior of "agreeing" and "pointing out", and solvers' verbal behavior of "modifying" were positively related with listeners' problem-solving performance. There was, however, a negative correlation between listeners' use of "point out" and solvers' problem-solving performance. The educational implications of this study are discussed.
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Jeon, Kyungmoon; Huffman, Douglas; Noh, Taehee. J. Chem. Educ. 2005 82 1558.
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Chemical Education Research; Constructivism; High School / Introductory Chemistry; Learning Theories; Problem Solving / Decision Making; Student-Centered Learning
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September 8, 2005
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