POGIL: An activity for meaningful teaching of the concepts of chemistry

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Farhangian University, Rasht, Iran

2 Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Allameh Tabataba’ee University, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

New ideas that learners encounter in the content of basic sciences and courses with abstract meanings are often outside their conceptual domain and often lead to alternative and misunderstood concepts. Therefore, educators need a way to teach that content and process are not blocked in the way of inclusive learning with alternative concepts. In this article, the POGIL method is introduced as an approach to improve learners' learning. The POGIL method was first developed for undergraduate chemistry courses and has now spread to high school chemistry, biology classes and many other disciplines. POGIL approach with an exploratory and active base, allows the instructor in the field of action to combine her/his POGIL activities and different methods to perform her/his leadership role optimally. In this paper, the steps of implementing the POGIL approach are explained and then the steps of its implementation on the concept of pure and impure matter, mixtures and saturation of solutions are examined as an example.

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Research in Science Education
Volume 7, Issue 23
September 2021
Pages 33-49

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