2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Work in Progress: Using Experiment-centric Learning Pedagogy to Increase Student Understanding of Chemical Principles and Concepts

Presented at Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 3: Work-in-Progress Part 1

The hands-on approach in teaching and learning is an important resource to be explored because it offers a meaningful platform for student-instructor interaction that fosters sound scientific reasoning and improves the understanding of abstract chemistry concepts. Experiment-centric pedagogy (ECP) is a contemporary teaching approach that integrates active student participation in problem-based activities through hands-on mobile
devices. This paper describes how experiment-centric pedagogy (ECP) has been used to teach key chemistry concepts to undergraduate students in the chemistry discipline at Historically Black University (HBCU). To assess whether ECP achieves a lasting increase in undergraduate student curiosity and engagement in the chemistry discipline, ECP was implemented from Fall 2021 to Fall 2022 using an inexpensive, safe, and portable electronic instrumentation system usable in both classrooms and laboratories. The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire developed by Pintrich, Smith, García, and McKeachie in 1991 was used
to measure the key constructs associated with students’ curiosity and engagement. The classroom observation protocol (COPUS) was used to assess instructors’ effectiveness, and signature assignments were used to evaluate knowledge gains.
Keywords –experimental-centric learning, hands-on, curiosity, engagement.

Authors

Temileye Omopariola Ibirinde http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1251-9566 Morgan State University [biography]

Mr. Temileye Ibirinde is a Master's student at Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy. He works as a graduate assistant under an NSF-funded ETA - STEM project.
Adebayo Iyanuoluwa Olude http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4973-9589 Morgan State University [biography]

Adebayo Olude is a doctoral student and research assistant at Morgan State University’s Department of Civil Engineering in Baltimore, Maryland. Adebayo formerly worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at Eastern Mediterranean University in North Cyprus, where he earned his master’s degree in civil engineering. He also worked as a project Analyst with AgileP3 after graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) in civil engineering from Covenant University, Nigeria. Adebayo has taught courses in Transportation and Chemistry at Morgan State University as part of his commitment to the STEM profession. He has attended conferences across the Transportation engineering field.
Mr. Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4969-9591 Morgan State University [biography]

Pelumi Abiodun is a current doctoral student and research assistant at the Department of Civil Engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. Pelumi got his BSc and MSc degree in Physics from Obafemi Awolowo University, where he also served as a research assistant at the Environmental Pollution Research unit, in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. As part of his contribution to science and engineering, Pelumi has taught as a teaching assistant both at Morgan State University and Obafemi Awolowo University. With a passion to communicate research findings gleaned from experts in the field as he advances his career, Olaitan has attended several in-person and virtual conferences and workshops, and at some of them, made presentations on findings on air pollution, wastewater reuse, and heavy metal contamination.
Dr. Oludare Adegbola Owolabi, P.E. Morgan State University [biography]

Dr. Oludare Owolabi, a professional engineer in Maryland, joined the Morgan State University faculty in 2010. He is the director of the Sustainable Infrastructure Development, Smart Innovation and Resilient Engineering Research Lab.
Dr. Niangoran Koissi Morgan State University [biography]

EDUCATION/TRAINING
University of Turku (Finland) Ph.D. 03/2007 Bioorganic Chemistry
University of Maryland Baltimore County (USA) Post-doc 10/2007-08/2013 Chemistry/Toxicology

B. Positions and Honors

Positions and Employment
10/2007 â€“ 08
Dr. Krishna Bista [biography]

Krishna Bista is an Associate Professor at Morgan State University, Maryland (USA).
Neda Bazyar Shourabi Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus
Frank Efe http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5833-9862 Morgan State University
Dr. Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8645-696X National Science Foundation [biography]

Dr. J. 'Kemi Ladeji-Osias is the Deputy Division Director in the US National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education.

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