Nuts and Bolts of Chemical Education Research

Diane M Bunce and Renee S Cole

ACS Symposium Series

Contributors:Diane M. Bunce, Renee S. Cole,Richard M. Zare,Loretta L. Jones Maureen A. Scharberg, and Jessie VandenPlas,Michael R. Abraham,Vickie M. Williamson,Stacey Lowery Bretz,Michael Sanger,Marcy Hamby Towns,Kathryn Scantlebury and William J. Boone,Melanie Cooper,Christopher F. Bauer, Mark F. Walter,Barbara A. Sawrey,Gabriela C. Weaver
2007 James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry
Selling point: -A Road Map is presented in the first chapter that directs the reader to certain chapters to address specific questions
Selling point: -Can serve as a textbook for the field of chemical education research
Selling point: -No other textbook for the field currently exists
Selling point: -Can be used by professionals who are interested in adding an educational component to their current grant

Nuts and Bolts of Chemical Education Research

Diane M Bunce and Renee S Cole

Description

Nuts and Bolts of Chemical Education Research is book that would be useful for the chemist who is writing the educational outreach or evaluation component of a grant or planning his own chemical education research project. This book brings to the surface the key elements that are common to both. These key elements include establishing clear goals and research questions for your efforts: placing your outreach or research on a firm theoretical foundation so that the results of your work expand the current state of knowledge; developing an outreach or research design that address the goals and questions asked; locating, developing and testing the validity-reliability of the tools used in the study; selecting appropriate data analyses from quantitative, qualitative or mixed design disciplines to address the questions asked; writing conclusions based upon the data presented; and describing the implications of the outreach or research effort for chemistry practitioners. This book will address these key issues from a pragmatic point of view in an effort to assist those who are engaged or considering becoming engaged in this type of scholarly activity.

Nuts and Bolts of Chemical Education Research

Diane M Bunce and Renee S Cole

ACS Symposium Series

1:USING THIS BOOK TO FIND ANSWERS TO CHEMICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH QUESTIONS?, Diane M. Bunce, Renee S. Cole
2.:QUESTIONS TO CHEMICAL EDUCATORS FROM THE CHEMISTRY COMMUNITY, Richard M. Zare
3.:FUNDING CHEMICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH, Loretta L. Jones Maureen A. Scharberg, and Jessie VandenPlas
4.:CONSTRUCTING GOOD AND RELIABLE QUESTIONS, Diane M. Bunce
5.: IMPORTANCE OF THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH
, Michael R. Abraham
6.:AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THEORY-BASED RESEARCH CAN IMPACT
THE FIELD, Vickie M. Williamson
7.:QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION
RESEARCH, Stacey Lowery Bretz
8.:USING INFERENTIAL STATISTICS TO ANSWER QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH QUESTIONS, Michael Sanger
9.:MIXED METHODS DESIGNS IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH, Marcy Hamby Towns
10.:DESIGNING AND UTLIZING TESTS AND SURVEYS FOR CHEMISTRY EDUCATION RESEARCH EFFORTS Developing Tests and Surveys Which Yield Quantitative Data, Kathryn Scantlebury and William J. Boone
11.:DRAWING MEANINGFUL CONCLUSIONS, Melanie Cooper
12.:ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING Guidance for Instructors, Christopher F. Bauer, Renee S. Cole, and Mark F. Walter
13.:COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS Being the Chemical Education Resource, Barbara A. Sawrey
14.:BUILDING A FRUITFUL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL EDUCATION COMMUNITIES WITHIN A DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, Gabriela C. Weaver

Nuts and Bolts of Chemical Education Research

Diane M Bunce and Renee S Cole

ACS Symposium Series

Author Information

Diane M Bunce, Professor of Chemistry, The Catholic University of America, and Renee S Cole, Associate Professor, University of Central Missouri