Congrats to Nicole and Niall on their insightful look into what was emphasized and rewarded on general chemistry exams given throughout the US!
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Congrats, Dr. Greco on a great defense!
After a great defense, Nicole now goes by Dr. Greco :). Congrats, Nicole!
Congrats to Niall on passing his TBE!!!
Niall did a predictably awesome job on his Thesis Background Exam (TBE). Congrats, Niall!
Mythbusters paper published
Ryan joined an international team of colleagues to think about common myths related to teaching and learning in organic chemistry. The article is worth a read!
Getting serious about useful chemistry learning would be a (worthy) challenge
Ryan’s perspective on how we might advance chemistry learning useful beyond school was just published in JCE. Check it out!
Check out our new paper on keeping research plumb!
Congrats to Nicole, Rosemary, and Ryan on their paper unpacking how they worked to design and carry out a theoretically coherent study of instructors’ epistemologies.
New NSF grant!
Congrats to Ryan and Rosemary on receiving a grant from the NSF to study epistemological messaging in college science courses!
New paper published in Science Education
Our work on student experiences with assessment-related epistemological messages was just published in Science Education. Congrats, Cara, Kimberly, Nicole, and Rosemary!
New organic chemistry lab paper in JCE!
The story of a decade-long refinement of organic chemistry lab at UW-Madison was just published in JCE. Check it out!
New paper contrasting two models for instructor epistemologies!
Congrats to Kimberly, Rosemary and Prayas on their in-press CERP paper contrasting two ways of modeling instructors’ epistemologies! Fantastic work!