Investigating the Role of Textbooks in Student Learning of Chemistry

Presentation Type

Poster/Portfolio

Presenter Major(s)

Chemistry, Education - Teacher Certification

Mentor Information

Thomas Pentecost, pentecot@gvsu.edu

Department

Chemistry

Location

Henry Hall Atrium 20

Start Date

13-4-2011 12:00 PM

End Date

13-4-2011 1:00 PM

Keywords

Social Science

Abstract

This study is to observe and analyze how undergraduate chemistry students use their textbooks to study and learn chemistry. This work is grounded in phenomenography and seeks to identify fundamentally different ways students interact with the text. In-depth individual interviews with second and third year chemistry students have been done to identify the role the text plays in student learning of chemistry. We anticipate the interviews will also provide information about the effect of instructors' actions on student text usage. Once these various roles for the text are identified a questionnaire will be created that will measure how the students use their textbooks as they study and learn chemistry. This poster will present initial results of the interview analysis and our first analysis of the instructor's influence on student text usage.

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Apr 13th, 12:00 PM Apr 13th, 1:00 PM

Investigating the Role of Textbooks in Student Learning of Chemistry

Henry Hall Atrium 20

This study is to observe and analyze how undergraduate chemistry students use their textbooks to study and learn chemistry. This work is grounded in phenomenography and seeks to identify fundamentally different ways students interact with the text. In-depth individual interviews with second and third year chemistry students have been done to identify the role the text plays in student learning of chemistry. We anticipate the interviews will also provide information about the effect of instructors' actions on student text usage. Once these various roles for the text are identified a questionnaire will be created that will measure how the students use their textbooks as they study and learn chemistry. This poster will present initial results of the interview analysis and our first analysis of the instructor's influence on student text usage.