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Impact of Chemistry Teachers' Knowledge and Practices on Student Achievement
written by Kathryn Scantlebury
Professional development programs promoting inquiry-based teaching are challenged with providing teachers content knowledge and using pedagogical approaches that model standards based instruction. Inquiry practices are also important for undergraduate students. This paper focuses on the evaluation of an extensive professional development program for chemistry teachers that included chemistry content tests for students and the teachers and the impact of undergraduate research experiences on college students' attitudes towards chemistry. Baseline results for the students showed that there were no gender differences on the achievement test but white students scored significantly higher than non-white students. However, parent/adult involvement with chemistry homework and projects, was a significant negative predictor of 11th grade students' test chemistry achievement score. This paper will focus on students' achievement and attitude results for teachers who are mid-way through the program providing evidence that on-going, sustained professional development in content and pedagogy is critical for improving students' science achievement.
Physics Education Research Conference 2008
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Edmonton, Canada: July 23-24, 2008
Volume 1064, Pages 46-49
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Education Foundations
- Achievement
- Societal Issues
= Gender Issues
Education Practices
- Active Learning
= Inquiry Learning
- Professional Development
Other Sciences
- Chemistry
- Professional Development
- High School
- Graduate/Professional
- Lower Undergraduate
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10.1063/1.3021270
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01.40.Fk 01.40.G- 01.40.gb 01.50.F- 01.40.J-
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PERC 2008, Physics Education Research, chemistry education, educational courses, educational technology, gender differences, learning (artificial intelligence), professional development, research and development management, student experiments
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K. Scantlebury, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada, 2008, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8836&DocID=1167).
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K. Scantlebury, Impact of Chemistry Teachers' Knowledge and Practices on Student Achievement, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada, 2008, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8836&DocID=1167>.
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Scantlebury, K. (2008, July 23-24). Impact of Chemistry Teachers' Knowledge and Practices on Student Achievement. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8836&DocID=1167
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Scantlebury, Kathryn. "Impact of Chemistry Teachers' Knowledge and Practices on Student Achievement." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada, July 23-24, 2008. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8836&DocID=1167 (accessed 23 April 2024).
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Scantlebury, Kathryn. "Impact of Chemistry Teachers' Knowledge and Practices on Student Achievement." Physics Education Research Conference 2008. Edmonton, Canada: 2008. 46-49 Vol. 1064 of PER Conference Invited Paper. 23 Apr. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8836&DocID=1167>.
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