Nurturing Innovative and Creativity Through Open Ended Laboratory: JKKP Experience

Using CREATE and Scientific Literature to Teach Chemistry

“…As a result, many rely on traditional lecture-based pedagogy or a teaching-by-telling approach, despite the fact that active learning approaches have been shown to be more effective at engaging and supporting student learning in an equitable manner. ,, Teaching methods that allow instructors to capitalize on their research training, while simultaneously applying active learning to create a more inclusive classroom, are therefore of great interest. In fact, hands-on research opportunities that delve into the scientific research process in an active manner can better engage students and increase undergraduate retention rates. ,, Such laboratory experiences provide a venue where students are invited to be creative and innovative, while learning science content along with real-world skills such as working as a team, critical thinking, organization, and decision making. − Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are hands-on laboratory experiences (often based on the instructors’ own research interests) that engage students in understanding the scientific process and integrating their own viewpoint while developing problem solving skills and learning course scientific topics. , Although formal research experiences and CUREs provide the most hands-on forms of engaging laboratory experiences, they require institutional financial support or grants from other sources to pay for reagents, laboratory space, and research assistants. Research experiences may also not be accessible to all STEM students.…”