Search Results - "Raker, Jeffrey R."

Evaluating the impact of malleable factors on percent time lecturing in gateway chemistry, mathematics, and physics courses by Yik, Brandon J., Raker, Jeffrey R., Apkarian, Naneh, Stains, Marilyne, Henderson, Charles, Dancy, Melissa H., Johnson, Estrella

“…Background Active learning used in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses has been shown to improve student outcomes. Nevertheless,…”
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Development and Evaluation of Scales for Measuring Self-Efficacy and Teaching Beliefs of Students Facilitating Peer-Supported Pedagogies by Clark, Aaron M., Raker, Jeffrey R.

“…Two scales measuring teaching self-efficacy and beliefs were developed from previous instruments for use with near-peer facilitators assisting with…”
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Characteristics of departments with high-use of active learning in introductory STEM courses: implications for departmental transformation by Lau, Alexandra C., Henderson, Charles, Stains, Marilyne, Dancy, Melissa, Merino, Christian, Apkarian, Naneh, Raker, Jeffrey R., Johnson, Estrella

“…Background It is well established in the literature that active learning instruction in introductory STEM courses results in many desired student outcomes…”
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Introducing the Virtual Issue: Marcy H. Towns Festschrift by Raker, Jeffrey R.

“…Professor Marcy Towns is a graduate of Linfield College (McMinn-ville, Oregon; BA. 1985) and Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana; M.S. 1990, Ph.D…”
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Instrumentation Use in Postsecondary Instructional Chemistry Laboratory Courses: Results from a National Survey by Connor, Megan C., Raker, Jeffrey R.

“…Instrumentation plays a critical, ubiquitous role in modern chemistry. The undergraduate chemistry curriculum must therefore cultivate students’ ability to…”
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Measuring the Association of Departmental Climate around Teaching with Adoption of Evidence-Based Instructional Practices: A National Survey of Chemistry Faculty Members by Connor, Megan C., Raker, Jeffrey R.

“…Faculty members in STEM report numerous motivators and barriers to adopting evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs), yet the degree to which these…”
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Goals for the Undergraduate Instructional Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory When Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Are Implemented: A National Survey by Connor, Megan C., Pratt, Justin M., Raker, Jeffrey R.

“…Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are a promising approach for incorporating inquiry-based instruction into the undergraduate chemistry…”
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Self‐beliefs in organic chemistry: Evaluation of a reciprocal causation, cross‐lagged model by Gibbons, Rebecca E., Raker, Jeffrey R.

“…This study is designed to test a reciprocal causation, cross‐lagged model of self‐concept, self‐efficacy, and achievement in a postsecondary STEM course. Both…”
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Implementation of an R Shiny App for Instructors: An Automated Text Analysis Formative Assessment Tool for Evaluating Lewis Acid–Base Model Use by Yik, Brandon J., Schreurs, David G., Raker, Jeffrey R.

“…Acid–base chemistry, and in particular the Lewis acid–base model, is foundational to understanding mechanistic ideas. This is due to the similarity in language…”
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Beliefs about learning and enacted instructional practices: An investigation in postsecondary chemistry education by Gibbons, Rebecca E., Villafañe, Sachel M., Stains, Marilyne, Murphy, Kristen L., Raker, Jeffrey R.

“…While research on and development of evidence‐based instructional practices (EBIPs) in STEM education has flourished, implementation of these practices…”
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Evaluating Student Motivation in Organic Chemistry Courses: Moving from a Lecture-Based to a Flipped Approach with Peer-Led Team Learning by Liu, Yujuan, Raker, Jeffrey R, Lewis, Jennifer E

“…Academic Motivation Scale-Chemistry (AMS-Chemistry), an instrument based on the self-determination theory, was used to evaluate students' motivation in two…”
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A National Snapshot of Introductory Chemistry Instructors and Their Instructional Practices by Wang, Ying, Apkarian, Naneh, Dancy, Melissa H., Henderson, Charles, Johnson, Estrella, Raker, Jeffrey R., Stains, Marilyne

“…The effectiveness of active learning on promoting students’ academic outcomes and persistence has been established in the literature. However, despite the…”
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Using Lexical Analysis To Predict Lewis Acid–Base Model Use in Responses to an Acid–Base Proton-Transfer Reaction by Dood, Amber J, Fields, Kimberly B, Raker, Jeffrey R

“…The Lewis acid–base model is key to identifying and explaining the formation and breaking of bonds in a large number of reaction mechanisms taught in the…”
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Assessment Tools in Context: Results from a National Survey of Postsecondary Chemistry Faculty by Gibbons, Rebecca E., Reed, Jessica J., Srinivasan, Shalini, Murphy, Kristen L., Raker, Jeffrey R.

“…Research-based assessments in postsecondary chemistry education have been widely developed and published, but their use has not enjoyed the same level of focus…”
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Revisiting Faculty Members' Goals for the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory by Connor, Megan C, Rocabado, Guizella A, Raker, Jeffrey R

“…Over a decade has passed since faculty members' goals for the undergraduate chemistry instructional laboratory were first investigated on a large, national…”
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Pedagogies of Engagement Use in Postsecondary Chemistry Education in the United States: Results from a National Survey by Raker, Jeffrey R, Dood, Amber J, Srinivasan, Shalini, Murphy, Kristen L

“…Pedagogies of engagement (i.e., Peer-Led Teaming Learning, Problem-Based Learning, and Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) are active learning approaches…”
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Using the Research Literature to Develop an Adaptive Intervention to Improve Student Explanations of an S[subscript N]1 Reaction Mechanism by Dood, Amber J, Dood, John C, Cruz-Ramírez de Arellano, Daniel, Field, Kimberly B, Raker, Jeffrey R

“…Two key topics of many second-year organic chemistry courses are substitution and elimination reactions. Predicting and explaining substitution and elimination…”
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The ACS Exams Institute Undergraduate Chemistry Anchoring Concepts Content Map IV: Physical Chemistry by Holme, Thomas A, Reed, Jessica J, Raker, Jeffrey R, Murphy, Kristen L

“…The ACS Examinations Institute has been developing Anchoring Concepts Content Maps to provide an organizational template for the four-year undergraduate…”
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Using the Research Literature to Develop an Adaptive Intervention to Improve Student Explanations of an SN1 Reaction Mechanism by Dood, Amber J, Dood, John C, Cruz-Ramírez de Arellano, Daniel, Fields, Kimberly B, Raker, Jeffrey R

“…Two key topics of many second-year organic chemistry courses are substitution and elimination reactions. Predicting and explaining substitution and elimination…”
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Testing a reciprocal causation model between anxiety, enjoyment and academic performance in postsecondary organic chemistry by Gibbons, Rebecca E., Xu, Xiaoying, Villafañe, Sachel M., Raker, Jeffrey R.

“…Affective factors such as the achievement emotions are considered critical for students' academic performance in STEM degree programmes and careers. In this…”
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