The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of teaching intervention for Chinese learners, who were English speakers who tended to focus on phonemic awareness, in learning Chinese. It also tried to examine the impacts of Chinese phonological and morphological awareness on their English language development. The study was conducted in classrooms for third graders from an elementary school in Beijing. The intervention of Chinese program was implemented for a whole year. The morphology-related instruction was adopted in the experimental class, and tradition Chinese teaching instruction was used in the control class. Results showed that students’ reading proficiency (including character reading and sentence reading) in experimental class was significantly higher than the one in control class, which suggested that the teaching intervention was effective and successful in improving these learners’ Chinese reading proficiency, and they made a great progress after one year Chinese learning. Chinese radical awareness was a significant contributor to their English comprehension and could predict their English development. Pedagogical implications for promoting English speakers’ Chinese learning were provided.
{"title":"Exploring the Effectiveness and Impacts of Teaching Intervention in Chinese Learning","authors":"Hong Shi","doi":"10.5430/wje.v13n5p9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/wje.v13n5p9","url":null,"abstract":"The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of teaching intervention for Chinese learners, who were English speakers who tended to focus on phonemic awareness, in learning Chinese. It also tried to examine the impacts of Chinese phonological and morphological awareness on their English language development. The study was conducted in classrooms for third graders from an elementary school in Beijing. The intervention of Chinese program was implemented for a whole year. The morphology-related instruction was adopted in the experimental class, and tradition Chinese teaching instruction was used in the control class. Results showed that students’ reading proficiency (including character reading and sentence reading) in experimental class was significantly higher than the one in control class, which suggested that the teaching intervention was effective and successful in improving these learners’ Chinese reading proficiency, and they made a great progress after one year Chinese learning. Chinese radical awareness was a significant contributor to their English comprehension and could predict their English development. Pedagogical implications for promoting English speakers’ Chinese learning were provided.","PeriodicalId":23766,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Chemical Education","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134908387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cicada Shells as Chemical Education Resources to Study Functional Groups and Environmental Cycles","authors":"Naoki Maruyama, Toratane Munegumi","doi":"10.12691/wjce-11-4-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12691/wjce-11-4-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23766,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Chemical Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136038090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The purpose of this research was to study the level of environmental conservation awareness and the relationship between factors affecting the awareness of environmental conservation of undergraduate students. To study and compare factors affecting environmental conservation awareness among undergraduate students of different genders and academic years. The sample used in the research was undergraduate students. Department of Environmental Education, Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahasarakham University, 219 people from voluntary participation. The research tool was a questionnaire on factors affecting the environmental conservation awareness of undergraduate students. The statistics used in the research were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. And hypothesis testing using One-Way ANOVA. The results of the study showed that: 1. Undergraduate students are aware of environmental conservation at a high level with a value of 3.88. When considering each item, it was found that the factor that students were most aware of in environmental conservation was the value of natural resources and the environment. Followed by knowledge of environmental conservation, awareness of environmental conservation news, environmental protection model, and participation in environmental conservation. The factor that students were least aware of in environmental conservation was participating in environmental conservation activities, respectively. All factors were related to the awareness of environmental conservation in a positive direction at statistical significance at the .05 level. 2. There was no difference between undergraduate students of different genders in their awareness of environmental conservation. There was a difference between students of different academic years and awareness of environmental conservation at statistical significance at the .05 level.
{"title":"Factors Affecting Awareness of Environmental Conservation of Undergraduate Students","authors":"Uraiwan Praimee, Prayoon Wongchantra, Likhit Junkaew, Suparat Ongon, Kannika Sookngam, Kuantean Wongchantra, Phanat Phothibat, Wutthisak Bunnaen, Latdavahn Sommala","doi":"10.5430/wje.v13n5p23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/wje.v13n5p23","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research was to study the level of environmental conservation awareness and the relationship between factors affecting the awareness of environmental conservation of undergraduate students. To study and compare factors affecting environmental conservation awareness among undergraduate students of different genders and academic years. The sample used in the research was undergraduate students. Department of Environmental Education, Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahasarakham University, 219 people from voluntary participation. The research tool was a questionnaire on factors affecting the environmental conservation awareness of undergraduate students. The statistics used in the research were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. And hypothesis testing using One-Way ANOVA. The results of the study showed that: 1. Undergraduate students are aware of environmental conservation at a high level with a value of 3.88. When considering each item, it was found that the factor that students were most aware of in environmental conservation was the value of natural resources and the environment. Followed by knowledge of environmental conservation, awareness of environmental conservation news, environmental protection model, and participation in environmental conservation. The factor that students were least aware of in environmental conservation was participating in environmental conservation activities, respectively. All factors were related to the awareness of environmental conservation in a positive direction at statistical significance at the .05 level. 2. There was no difference between undergraduate students of different genders in their awareness of environmental conservation. There was a difference between students of different academic years and awareness of environmental conservation at statistical significance at the .05 level.","PeriodicalId":23766,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Chemical Education","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136183439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper examines the issue of lacking global context and international perspectives in the traditional teacher education program and research in the United States through literature review and content analyasis. Current research based on teacher quality, professional development, and teacher education programs have developed based on the U.S. focus, while pre-service and in-service teachers are having an increasingly diverse student population in their classrooms. The lack of appropriate trainings and preparations in developing multicultural and international teaching competence will create instructional barriers between teachers and their multicultural and international students. A more specific question this study poses from the review is the following: what we are missing in teacher education by having a U.S.-focused lens in the teacher education literature.
{"title":"The Need of Global Understanding and Context: Multicultural and International Perspectives on Teacher Education","authors":"Huanshu Yuan","doi":"10.5430/wje.v13n5p36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/wje.v13n5p36","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the issue of lacking global context and international perspectives in the traditional teacher education program and research in the United States through literature review and content analyasis. Current research based on teacher quality, professional development, and teacher education programs have developed based on the U.S. focus, while pre-service and in-service teachers are having an increasingly diverse student population in their classrooms. The lack of appropriate trainings and preparations in developing multicultural and international teaching competence will create instructional barriers between teachers and their multicultural and international students. A more specific question this study poses from the review is the following: what we are missing in teacher education by having a U.S.-focused lens in the teacher education literature.","PeriodicalId":23766,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Chemical Education","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136183050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Much of modern education has focused on developing individuals’ skills to be productive parts of society. The developed skills can become enablers of financial stability, independence and economic security. Yet, on a relative basis, considerably less effort is expended on building the financial skills for individuals to preserve their wealth and assets. As a result, for certain consumer segments, lack of financial education can become a source of hardship. In this study, we use data from the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) 2021 National Financial Capability Study. The correlation between financial literacy and long-term financial behaviors is empirically examined and further dissected by gender and income, to identify population segments who may be vulnerable due to lack of adequate financial education. Significant patterns of financial literacy scores are identified, highlighting the need to enhance financial education offerings to vulnerable consumer segments.
{"title":"The Effects of Financial Literacy of Low-Income Females on Their Long-Term Financial Behaviors","authors":"Ryan Fahey, Hooman Estelami","doi":"10.5430/wje.v13n5p15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5430/wje.v13n5p15","url":null,"abstract":"Much of modern education has focused on developing individuals’ skills to be productive parts of society. The developed skills can become enablers of financial stability, independence and economic security. Yet, on a relative basis, considerably less effort is expended on building the financial skills for individuals to preserve their wealth and assets. As a result, for certain consumer segments, lack of financial education can become a source of hardship. In this study, we use data from the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) 2021 National Financial Capability Study. The correlation between financial literacy and long-term financial behaviors is empirically examined and further dissected by gender and income, to identify population segments who may be vulnerable due to lack of adequate financial education. Significant patterns of financial literacy scores are identified, highlighting the need to enhance financial education offerings to vulnerable consumer segments.","PeriodicalId":23766,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Chemical Education","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135761162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lithium-ion based batteries are the most commonly used energy storage systems for electronic systems like tablets, smartphones, etc. in present times. Moreover, lithium ion-batteries are “the beacon of hope” for the automotive industry for the use in electric and hybrid cars and for the energy revolution to be applied as a short-time energy storage. However, other lithium-metal-based batteries are used in everyday life, such as lithium-manganese dioxide battery or lithium-iodine-battery. These types of batteries are much less known, but are used very frequently in everyday life. In this article simple experiments with lithium-batteries are presented.
{"title":"School Experiments on Different Lithium Batteries","authors":"Dominique Rosenberg","doi":"10.12691/wjce-11-3-16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12691/wjce-11-3-16","url":null,"abstract":"Lithium-ion based batteries are the most commonly used energy storage systems for electronic systems like tablets, smartphones, etc. in present times. Moreover, lithium ion-batteries are “the beacon of hope” for the automotive industry for the use in electric and hybrid cars and for the energy revolution to be applied as a short-time energy storage. However, other lithium-metal-based batteries are used in everyday life, such as lithium-manganese dioxide battery or lithium-iodine-battery. These types of batteries are much less known, but are used very frequently in everyday life. In this article simple experiments with lithium-batteries are presented.","PeriodicalId":23766,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Chemical Education","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134943739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marco Reinmold, Julian Grob, Bastian Hohm, Arnim Lühken
The topics of kinetics and catalysis represent important contents in the chemical education of students and form fixed components of current school curricula and syllabi. Students need to acquire specific content knowledge and an adequate conceptual understanding of kinetics and catalysis in order to understand and evaluate chemical processes from nature and technology, especially in the current contexts of green and sustainable chemistry. To promote such an adequate conceptual understanding, this article presents five school experiments. The experiments allow high school students to acquire the concepts of kinetics and catalysis in a technically correct manner using kinetic measurements. By analyzing the recorded kinetic data using suitable spreadsheet programs, students leave the qualitative observation level and use mathematical models that allow them to draw conclusions about the underlying molecular processes. The use of spreadsheet programs underlines the interdisciplinary nature of this approach. The presented selection of experiments will provide students with an overview of all types of catalyses and their specific properties as well as common, even-numbered reaction orders. The newly acquired knowledge through the experiments enables the students to discuss economic and ecological problem situations and reflect on, and evaluate, courses of action in chemistry. The knowledge also enables students to develop adequate decision-making strategies and to communicate them properly, e.g., in the context of green and sustainable chemistry.
{"title":"Catalysis Revisited An Overview of Classical School Experiments and New Approaches for a Better Conceptual Understanding","authors":"Marco Reinmold, Julian Grob, Bastian Hohm, Arnim Lühken","doi":"10.12691/wjce-11-3-14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12691/wjce-11-3-14","url":null,"abstract":"The topics of kinetics and catalysis represent important contents in the chemical education of students and form fixed components of current school curricula and syllabi. Students need to acquire specific content knowledge and an adequate conceptual understanding of kinetics and catalysis in order to understand and evaluate chemical processes from nature and technology, especially in the current contexts of green and sustainable chemistry. To promote such an adequate conceptual understanding, this article presents five school experiments. The experiments allow high school students to acquire the concepts of kinetics and catalysis in a technically correct manner using kinetic measurements. By analyzing the recorded kinetic data using suitable spreadsheet programs, students leave the qualitative observation level and use mathematical models that allow them to draw conclusions about the underlying molecular processes. The use of spreadsheet programs underlines the interdisciplinary nature of this approach. The presented selection of experiments will provide students with an overview of all types of catalyses and their specific properties as well as common, even-numbered reaction orders. The newly acquired knowledge through the experiments enables the students to discuss economic and ecological problem situations and reflect on, and evaluate, courses of action in chemistry. The knowledge also enables students to develop adequate decision-making strategies and to communicate them properly, e.g., in the context of green and sustainable chemistry.","PeriodicalId":23766,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Chemical Education","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135202417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antonia Fruntke, Nicolai ter Horst, Christoph Bley, Benedikt Blümbott, Mira Behnke, Leanne M. Stafast, A. Vollrath, Ulrich S Schubert, Tim Wilke
This publication introduces a digital learning module on the topic of nanomedicine for chemistry education in high schools and for student laboratories. Nanoparticles provide a modern approach for treating diseases. By encapsulating active ingredients in nanoparticles the ingredients are not distributed in the entire body, but can be specifically transported and released to the target organs and tissues. The advantage of this approach is that a higher dose can reach the designated target while minimizing the overall dosage and resulting side effects. This research topic offers excellent links to classical school chemistry contents such as polymer chemistry, polymerization, ester formation and cleavage, polarity, and solubility. The digital learning module is based on a differentiation grid that offers students with varying learning backgrounds an individual way to access and engage with the module.
{"title":"Nanomedicine in Chemistry Education: Development of a Digital Learning Module with Real Life Experiments","authors":"Antonia Fruntke, Nicolai ter Horst, Christoph Bley, Benedikt Blümbott, Mira Behnke, Leanne M. Stafast, A. Vollrath, Ulrich S Schubert, Tim Wilke","doi":"10.12691/wjce-11-3-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12691/wjce-11-3-13","url":null,"abstract":"This publication introduces a digital learning module on the topic of nanomedicine for chemistry education in high schools and for student laboratories. Nanoparticles provide a modern approach for treating diseases. By encapsulating active ingredients in nanoparticles the ingredients are not distributed in the entire body, but can be specifically transported and released to the target organs and tissues. The advantage of this approach is that a higher dose can reach the designated target while minimizing the overall dosage and resulting side effects. This research topic offers excellent links to classical school chemistry contents such as polymer chemistry, polymerization, ester formation and cleavage, polarity, and solubility. The digital learning module is based on a differentiation grid that offers students with varying learning backgrounds an individual way to access and engage with the module.","PeriodicalId":23766,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Chemical Education","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86609101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Approaching Tandem Solar Cells in Chemistry Classes","authors":"Philipp Lanfermann, T. Waitz, Mona Christin Maaß","doi":"10.12691/wjce-11-3-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12691/wjce-11-3-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23766,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Chemical Education","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81982110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Titanium Foil to Gas Sensor: Nanoporous Anodic Titania as a Functional Material","authors":"Edwin Bogdan, C. Weidmann, T. Waitz","doi":"10.12691/wjce-11-3-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12691/wjce-11-3-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23766,"journal":{"name":"World Journal of Chemical Education","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86626748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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