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Soft skills assessment in a Chemistry curriculum

Pinkie Ntola Faculty, University, Country Deaprtment of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied sciences, Durban University of Technology, South Africa Challenge and goal There is a genera...

Developing a Lecture Script through Dialogue

Georgios Skantzaris Department of Mathematics & Computer Science Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands   Challenge and goal The challenge is that frequentl...

Designing a CPD activity for a new allied course through ADDIE approach

Name of author Sana Ullah, Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca Foscari University Venice, Mestre, Italy and Institute of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Khw...

More transparent assessment of student learning: designing learning outcomes and delivering feedback

Izabela Koter Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland   Challenge and goal Academic staff without adequate teaching training may have difficulty in correctly defining the...

X-Ray specs not needed

Adam Watkins Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University Eindhoven Challenge It is possible to view a curriculum from multiple perspectives. For the purposes of this case w...

Guideline for PhD students co-creating their own CPD program

Pieter Cuijpers Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands Challenge and goal In the context of a Marie-Curie program proposal,...

Teaching a Mixed-Level Class: Strategies for Success

  Jurica Bauer Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands   Challenge and goal Most Year 1 students are not equally proficient and...

Together on the road of knowledge

Marilena Cimpoesu Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Romania   Design active courses and laboratory activities, using active learning concept and advanced tools.   ...

Reducing Chemistry Lecturers workload by Manufacturing Interest for Chemistry in First-Year Engineering Students

Emanuela Muscolino Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy   Challenge and goal The key challenge is that many first-year engineering students (especially from ci...

Assessment of students' learning progress

Edyta Nalewajko-Sieliwoniuk Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Poland Challenge and goal Assessment at the end of the course does not give the look inside the students' le...

Making technical issues interesting for bachelor's degree students in a CBL course

Mazyar Seraj Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands   Challenge and goal The issue: Students in a technical university and a ...

Facilitation of contexualised tutor training for chemistry 1

Nadine Dharsey ADC:Access, University of Johannesburg Challenge and goal One of the minimum requirements for tutoring at the University of Johannesburg is generic tutor training. Howe...

Identifying 'covert' assessment criteria

JL Kiappes Department of Chemistry, University College London, United Kingdom Challenge and goal In course design, many instructors focus on subject-specific knowledge and skills (e.g...

Identifying intended learning outcomes of the laboratory experiments

Mauro Mocerino Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Australia    Challenge and goal Making the intended learning outcomes of the laboratory experiments clear and helping s...

Defining the Term and Structure the Implementation of Language for Specific Purposes (LSP)

Viktor Englund Language and Communication, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden   Challenge and goal  When developing the course offering in language and communication with ...

Improve the assessment of competences of non-chemistry BSc students in Bioorganic Chemistry Practical Classes

Vera  L. M. Silva Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal Challenge and goal Laboratory/practical classes play a major role in sciences and engineering courses. In this e...

Scalable Assessment Design Recipes: Concrete Examples for/from Math Courses

Martijn Bousse Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, The Netherlands   Challenge and goal Challenge: Rising student numbers put pressure on lecturers' worklo...

Improve students preparation for laboratory classes

Goreti Pereira Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal   Challenge and goal Laboratory class requires that students read the experimental methodology in advance t...

Writing a BSc thesis

Vincenzo Russo University of Naples Federico II, Italy Challenge and goal It is very common that teachers feel frustrated when correcting a BSc thesis. On the other hands, very often ...

Chemistry and Sustainable Development Goals

Sanjiv Prashar Universidad Rey Juan Carlos   Challenge and goal There is no denying the importance of STEM in achieving the UN Sustainable development goals. To date subjects are...

Developing soft skills in STEM education

Matti Niemelä University of Oulu, Faculty of Technology, Chemistry degree programme   Challenge and goal Nowadays interpersonal skills and personal characteristics have more and ...

Maximization of learning outcomes through minimalization

Sabina Weronika Jaros Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, Poland Challenge and goal Our notes are an invaluable source of information we can refer back to at any time. Howev...

Scale up: from classroom to industry

Tina Skalar Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenge and goal The goal is to enrich the study of chemical engineering and related scie...

Preventing performance catastrophes in 1st year BSc courses

Andrea Lombardi Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Italy   Challenge and goal Challenge The composition of student cohorts c...

Promoting awareness and application of interactive, constructivist teaching within Technical Chemistry courses at TU Wien

Anne Conibear Faculty of Technical Chemistry, Technical University of Vienna, Austria Challenge and goal To raise awareness and promote discussion and application of interactive, cons...

Alignment of students' interest and specialization

Maren Podewitz Faculty of Technical Chemistry, TU Wien, Austria Challenge and goal Students are perform much better if the research specialization in the BSc project and later on in t...

Evaluating student's practical skills using project based assessment methods

Anete Stīne Teimane University of Latvia (UoL), Faculty of Chemistry   Challenge and goal Courses which are designed to teach practical skills usually produce large amounts of re...

Improving the pedagogical knowledge in connecting content and technological knowledge

Giacomo Giorgi Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy Challenge and goal Students are frustrated by the often outdated tools teachers exploit during l...

Motivating non-chemists to analytical chemistry courses

Vânia Calisto Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal   Challenge and goal Students are usually much more motivated in courses which address contents specifically re...

Teaching Chemistry to non-chemists. Challenging alternative chemical conceptions

Sanjiv Prashar, Jose M. Méndez-Arriaga, Josefa Ortiz-Bustos, Diana Díaz-García, Miguel Díaz-Sánchez, Santiago Gómez-Ruiz, Noelia M. Faginas-Lago University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Unive...

Laboratory report for STEM students

Martino Di Serio, Alessio Petrone, Vincenzo Russo, Oreste Tarallo, Italo Testa University of Naples Federico II, Italy   Challenge and goal   Teachers are often frustrated by t...

Pre-assignments to enhance heterogeneous students’ learning in laboratory

Johanna Kärkkäinen, Katja Lappalainen, Matti Niemelä Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, Finland Challenge and goal Students, attending chemistry laboratory courses have differ...

Constructive Alignment Approach within Learning Trajectories and the Study Programme

Jocelyne Vreede, Stefania Grecea, Lotte Schreuders, Bob Pirok, Natasa Brouwer Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Challenge and goal Today's fast-changing wor...

High School to STEM BSc degrees: from a steep to a smooth transition

Martino Di Serio, Alessio Petrone, Vincenzo Russo, Oreste Tarallo, Italo Testa University of Naples Federico II, Italy Challenge and goal It is a common experience that BSc freshmen can ...

Encouraging implementation and improvement of peer assessment in university teaching

David Titovšek, Črtomir Podlipnik, Krištof Kranjc University of Ljubljana (UL)/Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (FKKT)/Chemistry and Biochemistry Bachelor’s and Master’s programme, Slo...

Bridging Pre-knowledge Gaps

Stefania Grecea, Bob Pirok, Lotte Schreuders, Jocelyne Vreede, Natasa Brouwer Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Challenge and goal Students enrolled in spec...

Continuous Online Assessments

Matti Niemelä, Johanna Kärkkäinen University of Oulu / Faculty of Technology / Chemistry degree programme Challenge and goal Assessment is a crucial part of both traditional and online e...