A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-Style Virtual Lab Activity

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dc.citation.firstpage924en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Chemical Educationen_US
dc.citation.lastpage929en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber98en_US
dc.contributor.authorWarning, Lauren A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKobylianskii, Kristaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-26T12:57:58Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-05-26T12:57:58Zen_US
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractEspecially in the wake of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused universities across the globe to suspend in-person classes, online alternatives for laboratory activities are needed. Here, we report a choose-your-own-adventure (CYOA)-style activity, in which undergraduate general chemistry students influence the observed outcome of a prerecorded electrochemistry lab experiment. During the activity, students decide how to build an electrochemical cell by varying experimental parameters including electrode charge, power source voltage, and salt addition. We show evidence that students’ understanding of electrochemistry concepts improved after completing the CYOA-style activity. We propose that CYOA-style activities strike a good balance between the demand for instructor time and student opportunity to develop laboratory decision-making skills. We suggest the use of CYOA-style activities as a better alternative to simply having students watch prerecorded videos of laboratory experiments when a traditional in-laboratory activity is impossible.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWarning, Lauren A. and Kobylianskii, Krista. "A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-Style Virtual Lab Activity." <i>Journal of Chemical Education,</i> 98, no. 3 (2021) American Chemical Society: 924-929. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01241.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01241en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110646en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Societyen_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by the American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.en_US
dc.subject.keywordDistance Learningen_US
dc.subject.keywordInternet/Web-Based Learningen_US
dc.subject.keywordDemonstrationsen_US
dc.subject.keywordFirst-Year Undergraduate/Generalen_US
dc.subject.keywordElectrochemistryen_US
dc.subject.keywordElectrolytic Cellsen_US
dc.titleA Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-Style Virtual Lab Activityen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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