Course Identification

The course is a guided reading course, introducing current research papers in chemistry education. The papers that will be introduced, read and discussed will be in the following topics: Chemical literacy, Concepts Understanding, High order thinking skills, inquiry, motivation, ICT in chemistry education and leadership.

The reading materials of the course are in English

Upon successful completion of the course- students should be able to:

1. Read a research article in chemistry education, and present it.
2. Criticize a research paper in educational approach.
3. Demonstrate familiarity with important issues in research in chemistry education.

Ben-Zvi, R., Eylon, B.-S., & Silberstein, J. (1986). Is an atom of copper malleable? Journal of Chemical Education, 63(1), 64. doi:10.1021/ed063p64

Blonder, R., & Rap, S. (2013). It's a small world after all: A nanotechnology activity in a science festival. Journal of Nano Education, 4, 47-56. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jne.2012.1029

Katchevich, D., Hofstein, A., & Mamlok-Naaman, R. (2013). Argumentation in the chemistry laboratory: Inquiry and confirmatory experiments. Reseasrch in Science Education, 43, 317–345. doi:10.1007/s11165-011-9267-9

Blonder, R., Jonatan, M., Bar-Dov, Z., Benny, N., Rap, S., & Sakhnini, S. (2013). Can You Tube it? Providing chemistry teachers with technological tools and enhancing their efficacy beliefs. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 14, 269-285. doi:10.1039/c3rp00001j

Jones, M. G., Taylor, A., Minogue, J., Broadwell, B., Wiebe, E., & Carter, G. (2007). Understanding scale: Powers of ten. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 16(2), 191-202. doi:10.1007/s10956-006-9034-2

Additional  research papers will be chosen by the students and will be included in the course.