dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Prins, G.T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sanders, G. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-31T18:02:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-01-31 | |
dc.date.available | 2013-01-31T18:02:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/12535 | |
dc.description.abstract | In science education, students should come to understand the nature of models and modelling. Students often have trouble understanding advanced features of modelling. It is not a trivial task to design learning materials resolving these learning difficulties. In this study we designed a curriculum unit sketch for learning molecular modelling for pre-academic chemistry education, a type of modelling which uses software tools to calculate molecular properties. We focused primarily on the process of modelling and used the scientific practice of malaria drug design as a context for learning. The design of the curriculum unit sketch was guided by five criteria: Scientific soundness & authenticity, Student engagement, Student knowledge base, Software usability, and Feasibility. Experts, a teacher and students were interviewed to assess to what extent the design criteria were fulfilled. All of the respondents considered the curriculum unit sketch a good basis for further design of teaching material. For each criterion, there was further room for improvement. For instance, the ‘Scientific soundness & authenticity’ criterion can be further improved by making parts of the sketch have a larger focus on drug resistance. Nevertheless, this study shows that a pre-academic molecular modelling curriculum unit can potentially be designed to be both usable in class and engaging to students. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 977934 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | Molecular modelling for pre-academic chemistry education: Opinions of experts, teachers and students on an initial curriculum unit sketch | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | molecular modelling,molecular,modelling,modeling,malaria,teaching,education,curriculum,design research,chemistry education,high school | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Science Education and Communication | |