Table of Contents:
  • Using this book to find answers to chemical education questions
  • Questions to chemical educators from the chemistry community
  • Funding chemical education research
  • Constructing good and researchable questions
  • Importance of a theoretical framework for research
  • The particulate nature of matter: an example of how theory-based research can impact the field
  • Qualitative research designs in chemistry education research
  • Using inferential statistics to answer quantitative chemical education research questions
  • Mixed methods designs in chemical education research
  • Designing tests and surveys for chemical education research
  • Drawing meaningful conclusions from education experiments
  • Assessment of student learning
  • collaborative projects: being the chemical education resource
  • Building a fruitful relationship between the chemistry and chemical education communities within a department of chemistry.