Marcy Towns
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American chemist
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Marcy Towns's Degrees
- PhD Chemistry Stanford University
- Masters Chemistry Stanford University
- Bachelors Chemistry University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Marcy Hamby Towns is an American chemist who is Professor of Chemistry Education at Purdue University. Her research considers the development of innovative ways to teach undergraduate chemistry. She was awarded the IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry Award in 2021.
Marcy Towns's Published Works
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Published Works
- Assessment of Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences: A Meeting Report (2014) (643)
- Characterizing the Level of Inquiry in the Undergraduate Laboratory. (2008) (240)
- A Review of Spatial Ability Literature, Its Connection to Chemistry, and Implications for Instruction (2011) (161)
- Faculty Perspectives of Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory:: Goals and Obstacles to Success (2010) (100)
- What Faculty Interviews Reveal about Meaningful Learning in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory (2013) (98)
- A rubric to characterize inquiry in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory (2007) (92)
- “I believe I will go out of this class actually knowing something”: Cooperative learning activities in physical chemistry (1997) (92)
- An Action Research Project: Student Perspectives on Small-Group Learning in Chemistry (2000) (84)
- General Chemistry Students' Goals for Chemistry Laboratory Coursework. (2015) (84)
- Development, Implementation, and Analysis of a National Survey of Faculty Goals for Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory (2013) (75)
- A review of research on the teaching and learning of thermodynamics at the university level (2014) (74)
- Guide to Developing High-Quality, Reliable, and Valid Multiple-Choice Assessments. (2014) (70)
- Reasoning using particulate nature of matter: An example of a sociochemical norm in a university-level physical chemistry class (2013) (68)
- Preparing Students To Benefit from Inquiry-Based Activities in the Chemistry Laboratory: Guidelines and Suggestions (2009) (65)
- Students' understanding of mathematical expressions in physical chemistry contexts: An analysis using Sherin’s symbolic forms (2012) (64)
- A review of research on the teaching and learning of chemical kinetics (2016) (61)
- Improving and Assessing Student Hands-On Laboratory Skills through Digital Badging (2016) (57)
- Translating across macroscopic, submicroscopic, and symbolic levels: the role of instructor facilitation in an inquiry-oriented physical chemistry class (2015) (57)
- Developing Learning Objectives and Assessment Plans at a Variety of Institutions: Examples and Case Studies (2010) (55)
- Beyond “Inert” Ideas to Teaching General Chemistry from Rich Contexts: Visualizing the Chemistry of Climate Change (VC3) (2017) (53)
- ADAPTING A METHODOLOGY FROM MATHEMATICS EDUCATION RESEARCH TO CHEMISTRY EDUCATION RESEARCH: DOCUMENTING COLLECTIVE ACTIVITY (2012) (52)
- Analysis of Instructor Facilitation Strategies and Their Influences on Student Argumentation: A Case Study of a Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Physical Chemistry Classroom (2016) (51)
- The Nature of Students' Chemical Reasoning Employed in Scientific Argumentation in Physical Chemistry. (2016) (50)
- The Digital Pipetting Badge: A Method To Improve Student Hands-On Laboratory Skills (2015) (48)
- Where Are the Women of Color? Data on African American, Hispanic, and Native American Faculty in STEM (2010) (47)
- Students' understanding of alkyl halide reactions in undergraduate organic chemistry (2014) (43)
- Enhancing the role of assessment in curriculum reform in chemistry (2010) (41)
- HOW DO I GET MY STUDENTS TO WORK TOGETHER ? GETTING COOPERATIVE LEARNING STARTED (1998) (39)
- Students' understanding of primary and secondary protein structure: Drawing secondary protein structure reveals student understanding better than simple recognition of structures (2013) (39)
- Faculty beliefs about the purposes for teaching undergraduate physical chemistry courses (2016) (37)
- Upper‐level undergraduate chemistry students’ goals for their laboratory coursework (2016) (32)
- The biochemistry tetrahedron and the development of the taxonomy of biochemistry external representations (TOBER) (2012) (30)
- Student use of test-wiseness strategies in solving multiple-choice chemistry examinations (1993) (27)
- Students' understanding of external representations of the potassium ion channel protein part II: Structure–function relationships and fragmented knowledge (2012) (27)
- Kolb for Chemists: David A. Kolb and Experiential Learning Theory (2001) (26)
- Definition of the mole (IUPAC Recommendation 2017) (2018) (25)
- Modifying Laboratory Experiments To Promote Engagement in Critical Thinking by Reframing Prelab and Postlab Questions (2018) (25)
- Michaelis–Menten Graphs, Lineweaver–Burk Plots, and Reaction Schemes: Investigating Introductory Biochemistry Students’ Conceptions of Representations in Enzyme Kinetics (2019) (25)
- Zero-Order Chemical Kinetics as a Context To Investigate Student Understanding of Catalysts and Half-Life (2018) (24)
- Using Symbolic and Graphical Forms To Analyze Students’ Mathematical Reasoning in Chemical Kinetics (2018) (24)
- Students' understanding of external representations of the potassium ion channel protein, part I: Affordances and limitations of ribbon diagrams, vines, and hydrophobic/polar representations (2012) (24)
- General Chemistry Students’ Understanding of Climate Change and the Chemistry Related to Climate Change (2015) (24)
- Analysis of inquiry materials to explain complexity of chemical reasoning in physical chemistry students’ argumentation (2017) (23)
- Infusing Sustainability Science Literacy through Chemistry Education: Climate Science as a Rich Context for Learning Chemistry (2014) (22)
- Assessing Student Knowledge of Chemistry and Climate Science Concepts Associated with Climate Change: Resources To Inform Teaching and Learning (2017) (21)
- A critical review of the proposed definitions of fundamental chemical quantities and their impact on chemical communities (IUPAC Technical Report) (2017) (21)
- Visualization of Wavefunctions using Mathematica (1998) (21)
- Mixed Methods Designs in Chemical Education Research (2008) (20)
- Designing undergraduate-level organic chemistry instructional problems: Seven ideas from a problem-solving study of practicing synthetic organic chemists (2012) (20)
- Survey of Undergraduate Students’ Goals and Achievement Strategies for Laboratory Coursework (2019) (19)
- New Guidelines for Chemistry Education Research Manuscripts and Future Directions of the Field (2013) (19)
- Digital Badges in Science: A Novel Approach to the Assessment of Student Learning. (2017) (19)
- The characterization of cognitive processes involved in chemical kinetics using a blended processing framework (2018) (18)
- Problem types in synthetic organic chemistry research: Implications for the development of curricular problems for second-year level organic chemistry instruction (2012) (18)
- Covariational reasoning and mathematical narratives: investigating students’ understanding of graphs in chemical kinetics (2019) (18)
- Investigating Student Understanding of Rate Constants: When is a Constant “Constant”? (2019) (17)
- Crossing the Chasm with Classroom Response Systems (2010) (17)
- Interinstitutional Peer Review on the Internet: Crossing Boundaries Electronically in a Student-Refereed Assignment. (2001) (16)
- A Rubric for Assessing Students’ Experimental Problem-Solving Ability (2012) (16)
- The Impact of Guided Inquiry Materials on Student Representational Level Understanding of Thermodynamics (2018) (16)
- Exploration of a Method To Assess Children’s Understandings of a Phenomenon after Viewing a Demonstration Show (2017) (16)
- Analysis of classroom response system questions via four lenses in a General Chemistry course (2009) (16)
- Investigation of Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry Students’ Understanding of Thermodynamic Driving Forces in Chemical Reactions and Dissolution (2018) (15)
- Benchmarking problems used in second year level organic chemistry instruction (2010) (15)
- Graphs as Objects: Mathematical Resources Used by Undergraduate Biochemistry Students To Reason about Enzyme Kinetics (2019) (14)
- The 2010 Rankings of Chemical Education and Science Education Journals by Faculty Engaged in Chemical Education Research. (2012) (13)
- Design and Evaluation of a One-Semester General Chemistry Course for Undergraduate Life Science Majors (2018) (13)
- Productive features of problem solving in chemical kinetics: more than just algorithmic manipulation of variables (2019) (13)
- Chemistry and Mathematics: Research and Frameworks To Explore Student Reasoning (2019) (13)
- Decentering: A Characteristic of Effective Student–Student Discourse in Inquiry-Oriented Physical Chemistry Classrooms (2017) (13)
- Mathematics in Chemical Kinetics: Which Is the Cart and Which Is the Horse? (2019) (11)
- Comparison and Evaluation of Learning Outcomes from an International Perspective: Development of a Best-Practice Process (2015) (11)
- Rubrics for Assessing Hands-On Laboratory Skills (2020) (10)
- Online Cooperative Learning in Physical Chemistry (1997) (10)
- Physical Chemistry On Line: Interinstitutional Collaboration at a Distance (2001) (10)
- An Action Research Project on Student Perspectives of Cooperative Learning in Chemistry: Understanding the Efficacy of Small-Group Activities. (1998) (9)
- Alternative Use for the Refined Consensus Model of Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Suggestions for Contextualizing Chemistry Education Research (2019) (9)
- An assessment of a physical chemistry online activity (1998) (9)
- Graphical Forms: The Adaptation of Sherin’s Symbolic Forms for the Analysis of Graphical Reasoning Across Disciplines (2019) (9)
- Elementary Arrhenius Parameters in the CO-for-Ethylene Dissociative Substitution of Cr(CO)5(C2H4) (1994) (8)
- Assessing Student Learning in a Rapidly Changing Environment: Laboratories and Exams (2020) (8)
- Catalyzing Student Learning: Using Analogies To Teach Enzyme Kinetics (2019) (7)
- Organometallic Stability and Structure: Elementary Rates of Unimolecular Decomposition in Chromium Olefin Carbonyls (1995) (7)
- A Rubric to Guide Curriculum Development of Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Focus on Inquiry (2009) (6)
- Analysis of student reasoning about Michaelis–Menten enzyme kinetics: mixed conceptions of enzyme inhibition (2019) (6)
- Research on Students' Understanding of Michaelis-Menten Kinetics and Enzyme Inhibition: Implications for Instruction and Learning (2020) (6)
- Student Perspectives of Cooperative Learning Activities. (1997) (6)
- What’s the Diagnosis? An Inquiry-Based Activity Focusing on Mole−Mass Conversions (2011) (5)
- Physical Chemistry Online: Maximizing Your Potential (2000) (5)
- The Role of Epistemology and Epistemic Games in Mediating the Use of Mathematics in Chemistry: Implications for Mathematics Instruction and Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education (2020) (5)
- Buffers in Context: Baby Wipes As a Buffer System (2018) (5)
- Physical Chemistry Students Explore Nonlinear Curve Fitting On-Line: : An Experiment in Developing An Intercollegiate Learning Community (1997) (4)
- Chemistry outreach as a community of practice: investigating the relationship between student-facilitators’ experiences and boundary processes in a student-run organization (2020) (4)
- An all-female graduate student organization participating in chemistry outreach: a case study characterizing leadership in the community of practice (2021) (4)
- The Iodine Spectrum: A New Look at an Old Topic (1999) (4)
- Student Use of Test-Wiseness Strategies in Solving Multiple-Choice Chemistry Problems. (1993) (4)
- The Citation Index of Chemistry Education Research in the Journal of Chemical Education from 2008 to 2016: A Closer Look at the Impact Factor (2017) (3)
- The Division of Chemical Education Revisited, 25 Years Later (2010) (3)
- Student Perspectives of Small-Group Learning Activities (1998) (3)
- Physical Chemistry in Practice: Evaluation of DVD Modules (2007) (3)
- A Brief History of the Gordon Research Conference in Chemistry Education Research and Practice (2010) (3)
- Supporting the Growth and Impact of the Chemistry-Education-Research Community (2019) (3)
- Chapter 11. Argumentation in Physical Chemistry (2019) (2)
- The Division of Chemical Education Executive Committee, Board of Publication, and ACS Examinations Institute Board of Trustees: A Historical Perspective from 1985 to 2015 (2016) (1)
- How Did We Get Here? Using and Applying Mathematics in Chemistry (2019) (1)
- Coffee, Colleagues, Conversation: Empower Women and Expand Your Network through the Global Women’s Breakfast (2019) (1)
- Preparing Chemistry Education Research Manuscripts for Publication (2014) (1)
- Chapter 9. Assessing System Ontology in Biochemistry: Analysis of Students’ Problem Solving in Enzyme Kinetics (2021) (1)
- Best practices in the use of learning outcomes in chemistry education (2012) (1)
- Correction to Developing Learning Objectives and Assessment Plans at a Variety of Institutions: Examples and Case Studies (2010) (1)
- Analysis of biochemistry students’ graphical reasoning using misconceptions constructivism and fine-grained constructivism: why assumptions about the nature and structure of knowledge matter for research and teaching (2021) (1)
- Graphs: Working with Models at the Crossroad between Chemistry and Mathematics (2019) (1)
- Measuring Value and Real Impact (2017) (1)
- Location-thinking, value-thinking, and graphical forms: combining analytical frameworks to analyze inferences made by students when interpreting the points and trends on a reaction coordinate diagram (2021) (1)
- Executive Committee Report, April 2002 (2002) (0)
- Visualizing the Chemistry of Climate Change (VC3Chem): Online resources for teaching and learning chemistry through the rich context of climate science (2013) (0)
- Exploring the impact of disciplinary context on students’ dynamic transfer of learning when addressing problems that apply the first law of thermodynamics (2023) (0)
- Assessment of Student Critical Thinking Skills in the Boise State Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory (2010) (0)
- Learning and teaching about the concepts of matter (2016) (0)
- The Role of Epistemology and Epistemic Games in Mediating the Use of Mathematics in Chemistry: Implications for Mathematics Instruction and Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education (2020) (0)
- How Many Are Too Many? Managing OnLine Growing Pains (2001) (0)
- Program for the Division of Chemical Education: Chicago, August 25-30, 2001 (2001) (0)
- Research and Teaching Column (2008) (0)
- The kinetics and energetics of tungsten hexacarbonyl and cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl, reactions with olefin molecules in the gas phase (1994) (0)
- Impacts of the 2018 Division of Chemical Education Bylaw Changes on the Division’s Executive Committee Composition and Work (2018) (0)
- FACULTY AND STUDENT GOALS FOR UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY (2017) (0)
- Adapting a Methodology for Documenting Collective Growth to an Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Class Authors: (2010) (0)
- Analysis of InquiryMaterials toExplainComplexityofChemicalReasoning in PhysicalChemistry Students ’ Argumentation (2017) (0)
- ADAPTING A METHODOLOGY FROM MATHEMATICS EDUCATION RESEARCH TO CHEMISTRY EDUCATION RESEARCH: DOCUMENTING COLLECTIVE ACTIVITY (2011) (0)
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