Learning with Understanding in the Chemistry Classroom

1. Constructing Active Learning in Chemistry: Concepts, Cognition and Conceptions
Keith S. Taber

2. The Development of Theoretical Frameworks for Understanding the Learning of Chemistry
Gail Chittleborough

3. Linking the Macro with the Submicro Levels of Chemistry: Demonstrations and Experiments that can Contribute to Active/Meaningful/Conceptual Learning
Georgios Tsaparlis

4. Challenging Myths About Teaching and Learning Chemistry
Diane M. Bunce

5. The Learning of Chemistry: The Key Role of Working Memory
Norman Reid

6. Educational Models and Differences between Groups of 16-year-old Students in Gender, Motivation, and Achievements in Chemistry
Iztok Devetak, Saša A. Glažar

7. Twenty-Five Years of Experience with Interactive Instruction in Chemistry
George M. Bodner, Patricia A. Metz, Kirsten Lowrey Casey

8. Problem Solving Through Cooperative Learning in the Chemistry Classroom
Liberato Cardellini

9. The Learning Company Approach to Promote Active Chemistry Learning: Examples and Experiences from Lower Secondary Education in Germany
Torsten Witteck, Katharina Beck, Bettina Most, Stephan Kienast, Ingo Eilks

10. Teaching Chemistry Conceptually
Vickie M. Williamson

11. Students’ Achievement in Learning Chemistry Through the Design and Construction Approach to Laboratory Activity and the Relation with their Prior Achievements and Motivation to Learn
Margareta Vrtačnik, Kristina Sodja, Mojca Juriševič

12. Contexts as Learning Catalysts for Students and Teachers: Approaches and Exemplary Results from the Projects Chemie im Kontext and CHEMOL
Ilka Parchmann, Nina Dunker, Wiebke Endres

13. How Does Level of Guidance Affect Understanding When Students Use a Dynamic Simulation of Liquid–Vapor Equilibrium?
Sevil Akaygun, Loretta L. Jones

14. Evaluation of the Predict-Observe-Explain Instructional Strategy to Enhance Students’ Understanding of Redox Reactions
David F. Treagust, Zuzi Mthembu, A. L. Chandrasegaran

15. Application of Case Study and Role-Playing in Forensic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry Education: Students’, Graduates’ and Teachers’ Points of View
Iwona Maciejowska, Renata Wietecha-Posłuszny, Michał Woźniakiewicz, Paweł Kościelniak

16. Fostering Active Chemistry Learning in Thailand: Toward a Learner-Centered Student Experiences
Richard K. Coll, Chanyah Dahsah, Sanoe Chairam, Ninna Jansoon

17. Active Learning in Computerized Chemical Education Environments
Yehudit Judy Dori, Miriam Barak, Miriam Carmi

18. Prospective Chemistry Teachers’ Use of Student-Centered Learning During Their Teaching Practicum
Vesna Ferk Savec, Katarina S. Wissiak Grm

Keywords: Education, Science Education, Learning & Instruction, Teaching and Teacher Education