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

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dc.citation.firstpage924
dc.citation.issueNumber3
dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Chemical Education
dc.citation.lastpage929
dc.citation.volumeNumber98
dc.contributor.authorWarning, Lauren A.
dc.contributor.authorKobylianskii, Krista
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-26T12:57:58Z
dc.date.available2021-05-26T12:57:58Z
dc.date.issued2021
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.
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.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01241
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110646
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society
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.
dc.subject.keywordDistance Learning
dc.subject.keywordInternet/Web-Based Learning
dc.subject.keywordDemonstrations
dc.subject.keywordFirst-Year Undergraduate/General
dc.subject.keywordElectrochemistry
dc.subject.keywordElectrolytic Cells
dc.titleA Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-Style Virtual Lab Activity
dc.typeJournal article
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