College students' reflection on the uncritical inference test activity in organic chemistry course

Effective teaching and learning is a continuous process of monitoring and re-organization of teaching method, so to benefit both students and educators. Reflective journal writing is an effective method for students to reflect on their learning experience about a new concept or subject taught and at...

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Main Authors: Su-yin, Kan, Jeongho, Cha, Chia, Poh Wai
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spelling my-unisza-ir.72212022-09-13T04:37:17Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/7221/ College students' reflection on the uncritical inference test activity in organic chemistry course Su-yin, Kan Jeongho, Cha Chia, Poh Wai L Education (General) Effective teaching and learning is a continuous process of monitoring and re-organization of teaching method, so to benefit both students and educators. Reflective journal writing is an effective method for students to reflect on their learning experience about a new concept or subject taught and at the same time enables educators to improve on their academic skills. In the present paper, we have examined and evaluated the effectiveness of the Uncritical Inference Test (UIT) that was conducted in our basic organic chemistry course through a systematic network built based on students’ reflective writing. From the data analysis, the UIT has benefited students in three dimensions, namely cognitive, affective and group learning domains. Moreover, the UIT activity instilled an active learning environment in organic chemistry classroom and deeper learning among chemistry students as shown in the collected data. In future, this activity could be adapted as a teaching method to enhance students’ critical thinking skills and question-asking capability in other teaching courses. Korean Chemical Society 2016-04 Article PeerReviewed image en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/7221/1/FH02-FSK-16-05736.jpg Su-yin, Kan and Jeongho, Cha and Chia, Poh Wai (2016) College students' reflection on the uncritical inference test activity in organic chemistry course. Journal of the Korean Chemical Society, 60 (2). pp. 137-143. ISSN 10172548
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Su-yin, Kan
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Chia, Poh Wai
College students' reflection on the uncritical inference test activity in organic chemistry course
description Effective teaching and learning is a continuous process of monitoring and re-organization of teaching method, so to benefit both students and educators. Reflective journal writing is an effective method for students to reflect on their learning experience about a new concept or subject taught and at the same time enables educators to improve on their academic skills. In the present paper, we have examined and evaluated the effectiveness of the Uncritical Inference Test (UIT) that was conducted in our basic organic chemistry course through a systematic network built based on students’ reflective writing. From the data analysis, the UIT has benefited students in three dimensions, namely cognitive, affective and group learning domains. Moreover, the UIT activity instilled an active learning environment in organic chemistry classroom and deeper learning among chemistry students as shown in the collected data. In future, this activity could be adapted as a teaching method to enhance students’ critical thinking skills and question-asking capability in other teaching courses.
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author Su-yin, Kan
Jeongho, Cha
Chia, Poh Wai
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Jeongho, Cha
Chia, Poh Wai
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title College students' reflection on the uncritical inference test activity in organic chemistry course
title_short College students' reflection on the uncritical inference test activity in organic chemistry course
title_full College students' reflection on the uncritical inference test activity in organic chemistry course
title_fullStr College students' reflection on the uncritical inference test activity in organic chemistry course
title_full_unstemmed College students' reflection on the uncritical inference test activity in organic chemistry course
title_sort college students' reflection on the uncritical inference test activity in organic chemistry course
publisher Korean Chemical Society
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