Use of primary literature in the undergraduate analytical class

Kovarik, Michelle L.

doi:10.1007/s00216-016-9467-2

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“…Critical journal/research report was very important on the students' preparation for engaging the primary literature such as current and new articles related to Gravimetry analysis. It has been reported that reading the primary literature enhances student learning in writing, interpreting the figures and data, as well as their critical thinking skills from evaluating the evidence and critiquing the arguments (Kovarik, 2016;Tu¨may, 2016). The given tasks have changed students' approach over the contents of the articles for future application (Murray, 2014).…”

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Implementation of Innovative Chemistry Learning Material With Guided Tasks to Improve Students’ Competence

Situmorang

Sinaga

Purba

et al. 2018

JBSE

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This research aimed to provide an innovative chemistry learning material with guided tasks to improve students’ competence in Chemistry. It involved 180 students enrolled in the Analytical Chemistry course at State University of Medan in academic year of 2016/2017. The samples were purposively selected and divided into two groups. The research consisted of several steps including enrichment, innovation and standardization of learning material, followed by implementation of the developed learning material in class. A set of good quality learning material equipped with the guided task for Gravimetry topic has been provided. It contained relevant contextual examples, laboratory works, students’ activities, multimedia, and hyperlink to trustworthy websites. Implementation of innovative learning material has been conducted by using a set of developed learning material in the experimental class while the existing textbook was used in the control class. The research findings highlighted several points: (1) well-implemented innovative learning material was effective to improve the students’ competence; (2) learning outcome in experimental class was found higher than that in control class; (3) the guided task in the learning package facilitated the students to learn the selected chemistry topic independently which in turn shifted student learning style from lecturer-oriented to student-oriented; (4) the guided task not only made the students be familiar with searching for scientific documents to complete the given tasks but also improved the students’ ability to write and organize their assignments; (5) students’ academic attitudes, observed during the learning activities, were categorized as very good. Keyword: innovative learning material, guided tasks, independent learning, students’ competence.

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Implementation of Innovative Chemistry Learning Material With Guided Tasks to Improve Students’ Competence

Situmorang

Sinaga

Purba

et al. 2018

JBSE

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“…Discipline-specific career courses, that come later in a baccalaureate or in graduate school, typically focus on skills directly related to research and/or job-search skills such as resume writing, interviewing, and networking. For instance, previous articles in this journal have described incorporation of the primary literature [17] and research [18] within the undergraduate curriculum, and have detailed graduate courses on research skills and ethics in chemistry [19] and competencies associated with working in an accredited analytical laboratory [20]. The ACS has also developed an online individual development plan tool (ChemIDP) that assists chemistry graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with career planning [21,22].…”

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Experiences and benefits of a career development course for undergraduate chemistry students

Lucy

2017

Anal Bioanal Chem

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“…Roecker developed methodologies for an analytical chemistry course where students answered research data questions and analyzed results from articles using techniques covered in the course . Another analytical chemistry course created a scaffolded approach by dividing literature assignments into objective questions, which were completed as homework before focusing on more complicated analysis and evaluation questions in small groups during class …”

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“…18 Another analytical chemistry course created a scaffolded approach by dividing literature assignments into objective questions, which were completed as homework before focusing on more complicated analysis and evaluation questions in small groups during class. 19 The multitude of publications assert that developing strong skills for reading scientific literature is of paramount importance in undergraduate chemistry education. Effective implementation of course assignments and curricula is necessary to address specific literacy objectives and improve student skills.…”

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Introducing Undergraduates to Primary Research Literature

Mitra

Wagner

2021

J. Chem. Educ.

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All students pursuing STEM careers need to be adept at interpreting and evaluating primary research literature. The complexity of research articles requires significant practice and training in order to become skilled and efficient at this process. Thus, an early start in undergraduate education is essential and allows for development and practice through subsequent coursework and undergraduate research. The project presented here was an effort to develop fundamental literacy skills for a first semester honors general chemistry course. The curriculum included five iterative guided worksheet assignments comprising one secondary article and four related primary research articles. Each subsequent assignment was designed to be more challenging, by selecting more complicated articles and subjects, to encourage and increase literature assessment skills. Two workshops were presented after the first and third assignments to provide formal instruction on strategies to effectively read and understand research literature and promote discussion on the literature assignment articles. Assignment performance was consistently strong throughout the semester as the complexity of the assignments increased for three of the four learning objectives. However, students struggled with identifying research hypotheses despite direct instruction on this learning objective during both workshops. Pre- and post-semester survey data indicated that, while students came to the course with fairly strong confidence in their abilities to interpret and evaluate research literature, they also indicated very strong improvement in these skills by the end of the semester. These results indicate that this one-semester curriculum was an effective means to introduce students to scientific literature and develop basic literacy skills.

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Use of primary literature in the undergraduate analytical class

Cited by 20 publications

References 17 publications

Implementation of Innovative Chemistry Learning Material With Guided Tasks to Improve Students’ Competence

Implementation of Innovative Chemistry Learning Material With Guided Tasks to Improve Students’ Competence

Experiences and benefits of a career development course for undergraduate chemistry students

Introducing Undergraduates to Primary Research Literature

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