WERNER: A Card Game for Reinforcement Learning of Inorganic Chemistry Nomenclature [Scholarly article - J. Chem. Educ., April 2022]

Title:

WERNER: A Card Game for Reinforcement Learning of Inorganic Chemistry Nomenclature 

 

Authors:

Cristian Buendía-Atencio

Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá D. C. 110231, Colombia

Gilles Paul Pieffet

Department of Chemistry, COBO-Computational Bio-Organic Chemistry, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá D. C. 111711, Colombia

& 

Vaneza Paola Lorett Velásquez

Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá D. C. 110231, Colombia

 

Published:

J. Chem. Educ. 13 April 2022, 99, 5, 2198–2203 

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00166

 

Abstract:

Identifying and naming inorganic compounds is sometimes a challenge for many first-year chemistry and engineering students; however, these difficulties can be overcome after extensive practice using homework sets based on naming inorganic compounds or applying inorganic nomenclature rules. Werner is a card game in honor of Professor Alfred Werner for his great contributions to inorganic chemistry and is intended as a didactic tool for reinforcing the learning of inorganic chemistry nomenclature. By playing the game, students practice and apply inorganic nomenclature rules. During the game, they get to identify compounds such as acids, bases, and salts as well as practice the systematic rules of the new chemical elements’ symbols and names. In the classroom, the game was used immediately after explaining the basic nomenclature rules. Overall, the students found the game engaging and enjoyable, and they responded favorably to its use as an educational didactic tool.

Online Assessment Methods For Student-Centered Learning: Active Learning, Collaboration, And Application With Authentic Assessment - Webinar presentation converted to PDF file

Title: 

Online Assessment Methods For Student-Centered Learning: Active Learning, Collaboration, And Application With Authentic Assessment  

 

Authors: 

Charlotte Nirmalani Gunawardena, University of New Mexico 

Stephanie L. Moore, University of New Mexico 

Linda Baril, University of New Mexico 

Kathiravelu Thabotharan, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka  

 

Document type: 

Webinar presentation converted to PDF file  

 

Published: 

University of New Mexico, Digital Repository, 18 November 2020 

https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ulls_fsp/156/  

 

Agenda:

*Introduction (Lani Gunawardena) 

*A Learning and Pedagogical Foundation & Taxonomy for Selecting Assessment Methods (Stephanie Moore)

*Assessing Collaborative Learning (Lani Gunawardena)  

*Student-Centered Assessment Methodologies at the University of Jaffna K. Thabotharan  

*Technologies for Assessment (Linda Barril)  

*Labs & Art Online - Assessing Practicals (Stephanie Moore)  

*Questions & Discussion