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Course success in the undergraduate general chemistry lab / Thomas Elert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elert, Thomas, author.
- Series:
- Studien zum Physik- und Chemielernen ; Band 284
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teachers--Training of.
- Teachers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 141 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : Logos Verlag Berlin, [2019]
- Summary:
- Long description: Stetig hohe Studienabbruchquoten in den MINT-Fächern an deutschen Hochschulen, welche auch aus geringem Kurserfolg in einführenden Laborpraktika resultieren könnten, und die wachsende Kritik an der Qualität und Wirksamkeit ebendieser machen eine eingehende Betrachtung von Laborpraktika notwendig. Diese Studie untersuchte die Lernziele des Laborpraktikums Allgemeine Chemie für Lehramtsstudierende im ersten Semester sowie Faktoren für den Kurserfolg, um daraus Aussagen über den Stellenwert von Laborpraktika in der universitären Bildung, insbesondere für langfristigen Studienerfolg, abzuleiten. Dazu wurde ein theoretisches Modell zu Grunde gelegt, welches das Vorwissen der Studierenden und die Lernzielpassung zwischen Studierenden und Lehrenden als zwei entscheidende Faktoren für Kurserfolg berücksichtigt. Constantly high student dropout rates in STEM subjects at German universities, which could be the result of low course success in introductory laboratory courses among other things and increasing criticism about their quality and effectiveness necessitate these laboratory courses to be examined thoroughly. This study investigated the learning goals of the General Chemistry laboratory course for first-year students in teacher training and factors for course success in order to make statements about the significance of laboratory courses for university education, particularly for long-term study success. For this purpose, a theoretical model that assumes the students ' prior knowledge and learning goal alignment between students and their lab instructors to be two defining factors for lab course success was used as a framework.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- PublicationDate: 20191115
- ISBN:
- 3-8325-8840-X
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