CCB graduate student and faculty members publish findings that predict students’ odds for success based on study strategies

Drs. Emily Atieh, Darrin York, and Marc Muñiz adapted a previously-validated survey to investigate the study skills on two scales (deep and surface level) of General Chemistry students here at Rutgers. The researchers used logistic regression modeling to illustrate the extent to which students’...

CCB graduate student and advisor publish findings from her dissertation on the development and evaluations of Rutgers’ Chemistry Teaching Interns Program

Drs. Emily Atieh and Darrin York present their findings on peer leaders’ attitudes towards learning in this article published in the Journal of Chemical Education. The authors’ mixed-methods approach first used a previously-validated survey instrument (the CLASS) to gauge peer leaders’ attitudes...

CCB faculty member co-authors paper describing the ways undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs) supported the emergency shift to remote instruction at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

Dr. Mary Emenike co-authored this Journal of Chemical Education article with colleagues from the Learning Assistant Alliance to highlight the various ways undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs) supported the emergency shift to remote instruction required of chemistry courses at the start of the...

CCB faculty members publish their development of a digital badge for the organic chemistry laboratory in J. Chem. Educ.

Drs. Geeta Govindarajoo and Mary Emenike, along with undergraduate chemistry major June Lee, developed a digital badge for Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) that can be included as a part of a laboratory practical exam in an organic chemistry lab course for science majors. In addition to describing the badge...

CCB faculty members describe the course transformation of the extended general chemistry course in a J. Chem. Educ. article

Drs. Marc Muñiz, Christine Altinis-Kiraz, and Mary Emenike published a description of their course transformation of the extended general chemistry course in January 2022 Special Issue of the Journal of Chemical Education: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect in Chemistry Education Research...