東華大學圖書館 |

Language: English

Help

回圖書館首頁

手機版館藏查詢

Back

Switch To: Labeled | MARC Mode | ISBD

Development of a Novel Instrument to...

Jayathilaka, Adeesha Saseenda.

Linked to FindBook

Google Book

Amazon

博客來

Development of a Novel Instrument to Evaluate Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving Skills of Chemistry and Biochemistry Majors.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Development of a Novel Instrument to Evaluate Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving Skills of Chemistry and Biochemistry Majors./
Author:	Jayathilaka, Adeesha Saseenda.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
Description:	115 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-03.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International83-03.
Subject:	Chemistry. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28652179
ISBN:	9798538122301

Development of a Novel Instrument to Evaluate Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving Skills of Chemistry and Biochemistry Majors.
Jayathilaka, Adeesha Saseenda.

Development of a Novel Instrument to Evaluate Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving Skills of Chemistry and Biochemistry Majors. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 115 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-03.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Minnesota, 2021.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Real-world applications of science are often interdisciplinary, involving overlapping concepts from multiple STEM fields. However, undergraduates majoring in science learn these concepts in separate courses, one for each field, and their performance is then evaluated by asking them to solve problems in each subdiscipline separately. This approach is often not effective in explicitly relating the subdisciplines of STEM to interdisciplinary applications in industry or academic research. Therefore, our siloed approach to teaching and evaluating STEM students leave us with an unassessed, but very important question: How well can STEM graduates solve problems at the intersections between STEM subfields? To begin addressing this question, we first turn to the intersections and interdisciplinary problems that exist within our own field: Chemistry and Biochemistry. To assess students' interdisciplinary problem-solving skills among the subdisciplines of chemistry, we have developed a novel instrument: Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving Quiz (IPSQ). Each item in the instrument is designed so that it requires understanding in principles of multiple branches of chemistry and utilizes problem-solving skills necessary in real-world applications and research. To confirm the validity of the instrument, four validation studies were conducted. Feedback obtained from validation studies was used to optimize the instrument. During the scope of the study, content validation and face validation were achieved. Further validation studies are recommended to achieve the construct validation of the IPSQ. It is anticipated to administer the validated instrument on graduating seniors, gather information to interpret the output of undergraduate chemistry education, and introduce appropriate reforms to the undergraduate curriculum.

ISBN: 9798538122301Subjects--Topical Terms:

516420
Chemistry.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Instrument

Development of a Novel Instrument to Evaluate Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving Skills of Chemistry and Biochemistry Majors.
LDR:03147nmm a2200433 4500 001 2285865
005 20220613065724.5
008 220803s2021 ||||||||||||||||| ||eng d
020 $a 9798538122301
035 $a (MiAaPQ)AAI28652179
035 $a AAI28652179
040 $a MiAaPQ $c MiAaPQ
100 1 $a Jayathilaka, Adeesha Saseenda. $3 3566264
245 1 0 $a Development of a Novel Instrument to Evaluate Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving Skills of Chemistry and Biochemistry Majors.
260 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, $c 2021
300 $a 115 p.
500 $a Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 83-03.
500 $a Advisor: Wainman, Jacob.
502 $a Thesis (M.S.)--University of Minnesota, 2021.
506 $a This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
520 $a Real-world applications of science are often interdisciplinary, involving overlapping concepts from multiple STEM fields. However, undergraduates majoring in science learn these concepts in separate courses, one for each field, and their performance is then evaluated by asking them to solve problems in each subdiscipline separately. This approach is often not effective in explicitly relating the subdisciplines of STEM to interdisciplinary applications in industry or academic research. Therefore, our siloed approach to teaching and evaluating STEM students leave us with an unassessed, but very important question: How well can STEM graduates solve problems at the intersections between STEM subfields? To begin addressing this question, we first turn to the intersections and interdisciplinary problems that exist within our own field: Chemistry and Biochemistry. To assess students' interdisciplinary problem-solving skills among the subdisciplines of chemistry, we have developed a novel instrument: Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving Quiz (IPSQ). Each item in the instrument is designed so that it requires understanding in principles of multiple branches of chemistry and utilizes problem-solving skills necessary in real-world applications and research. To confirm the validity of the instrument, four validation studies were conducted. Feedback obtained from validation studies was used to optimize the instrument. During the scope of the study, content validation and face validation were achieved. Further validation studies are recommended to achieve the construct validation of the IPSQ. It is anticipated to administer the validated instrument on graduating seniors, gather information to interpret the output of undergraduate chemistry education, and introduce appropriate reforms to the undergraduate curriculum.
590 $a School code: 0130.
650 4 $a Chemistry. $3 516420
650 4 $a Science education. $3 521340
650 4 $a Problem solving. $3 516855
650 4 $a Pedagogy. $3 2122828
650 4 $a Education reform. $3 3557624
650 4 $a Population. $3 518693
650 4 $a Teaching methods. $3 595505
650 4 $a Optimization. $3 891104
650 4 $a Equilibrium. $3 668417
650 4 $a Amino acids. $3 558768
650 4 $a Chromatography. $3 1073639
650 4 $a Cognitive ability. $3 3560491
650 4 $a Core curriculum. $3 3559991
650 4 $a Cognition & reasoning. $3 3556293
650 4 $a Validation studies. $3 3563994
650 4 $a Proteins. $3 558769
650 4 $a Skills. $3 3221615
650 4 $a Curriculum development. $3 684418
650 4 $a Analytical chemistry. $3 3168300
650 4 $a Knowledge. $3 872758
650 4 $a College students. $3 537393
650 4 $a Educational tests & measurements. $3 3168483
650 4 $a Biochemistry. $3 518028
650 4 $a Organic chemistry. $3 523952
653 $a Instrument
653 $a Interdisciplinary problem-solving skills
653 $a Undergraduate chemistry education
653 $a Validation
653 $a STEM education
690 $a 0485
690 $a 0714
690 $a 0486
690 $a 0727
690 $a 0456
690 $a 0288
690 $a 0490
690 $a 0487
710 2 $a University of Minnesota. $b Chemistry. $3 1265998
773 0 $t Masters Abstracts International $g 83-03.
790 $a 0130
791 $a M.S.
792 $a 2021
793 $a English
856 4 0 $u https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28652179