Sudoku Puzzles as Chemistry Learning Tools

Crute, Thomas D.; Myers, Stephanie A.

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“…Also, Sudoku puzzles are encountered in science education. The concepts of elements (Bittar et al, 2009), functional groups (Crute & Myers, 2007), transitional elements (Welsh, 2007), genetic algorithm (Ernstberger & Venkataramanan, 2018) and amino acids (Perez & Lamoureux, 2007) were addressed in the Sudoku puzzles developed. Besides, in his study, Jolliff (2007) described Sudoku puzzles to teach ions to gifted students.…”

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Sudoku puzzles for practicing SI prefixes: A case study with Turkish undergraduates

Ürek¹

2020

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The purpose of this study was to develop two Sudoku puzzles for undergraduate students which can be utilised in the context of introductory physical science courses in order to assist them to practice SI prefixes. For this reason, SI prefixes for decimal multiples and submultiples were addressed in two separate puzzles. To test the puzzles, a case study was conducted with 20 biology teaching students studying their first year in a state university in Turkey. Data were collected with the help of a questionnaire posed to the students before and after the application of the puzzles. According to the results, 18 students (90%) completed the puzzles successfully. In addition, the students agreed that solving the Sudoku puzzles made contributions to them in terms of practicing SI prefixes. It is recommended that the Sudoku puzzles developed in this study might be used efficiently for all undergraduate students taking courses such as general chemistry and physics. Keywords: SI prefixes, educational games, Sudoku puzzles, introductory science courses.

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Sudoku puzzles for practicing SI prefixes: A case study with Turkish undergraduates

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2020

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“…Vários pesquisadores da área de ensino de Química, entre eles, Soares e Cavalheiro (2006), Crute e Myers (2007) e Costa (2007) têm utilizado o jogo pedagógico como ferramenta no processo de ensino aprendizagem e mostrado que esse atrai o interesse dos estudantes, adiciona motivação extra ao processo de aprendizagem, contribui para superar as dificuldades iniciais que os estudantes encontram com os conceitos químicos e cria oportunidades para o docente identificar os erros conceituais e corrigi-los imediatamente, durante sua aplicação. Esses autores observaram também que durante a aplicação dos jogos pedagógicos os estudantes se envolveram na atividade buscando em todas as etapas do jogo novas ideias e conceitos, fato que não ocorre em aulas expositivas -dialogadas.…”

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Brincoquímica: Uma Ferramenta Lúdico-Pedagógica para o Ensino de Química Orgânica

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O uso de atividades lúdicas no ensino de Química está associado à busca por melhorias no processo de ensino e aprendizagem. Diante deste contexto, a construção e aplicação de jogos didáticos para o ensino de Química se configura como uma das inúmeras alternativas viáveis para a promoção de tais melhorias. Esse artigo relata uma experiência que utiliza jogos como metodologia de ensino na aprendizagem de Química Orgânica, para auxiliar o ensino de isomeria e funções oxigenadas. Antes da aplicação dos jogos foi ministrada uma aula teórica sobre os assuntos em questão e logo após foi realizado um teste de sondagem para avaliar o nível da aprendizagem dos estudantes. Os resultados obtidos foram promissores e demonstram que o uso de jogos no ensino de Química se configura como ferramenta pedagógica de alto potencial didático, e que deve ser mais explorado em prol da qualidade do ensino de Química.

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“…Five tasks that deal with various fields of chemistry are the major part of the brochure. The difficulty of these tasks ranges from easy and playful (e.g., puzzles and chemical Sudoku) to difficult, with tasks whose solution is not easy, even for university students. The tasks are focused not only on checking the competitors’ knowledge, but also on exercising their chemical logic.…”

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Fast and Attractive Chemical Education: A Chemical Competition for High School Students in the Czech Republic

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High school students in the Czech Republic have many opportunities to improve their chemical knowledge and skills. Besides the world-famous Chemistry Olympiad, plenty of other competitions exist. One of these competitions is Fast and Attractive Chemical Education (FACE; the Czech acronym for this competition, KSICHT, means "face"), which has existed for 11 years. The main goal of FACE is to introduce chemistry to high school students in an entertaining way.

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Sudoku Puzzles as Chemistry Learning Tools

Cited by 14 publications

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Sudoku puzzles for practicing SI prefixes: A case study with Turkish undergraduates

Sudoku puzzles for practicing SI prefixes: A case study with Turkish undergraduates

Brincoquímica: Uma Ferramenta Lúdico-Pedagógica para o Ensino de Química Orgânica

Fast and Attractive Chemical Education: A Chemical Competition for High School Students in the Czech Republic

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