DanceChemistry: Helping Students Visualize Chemistry Concepts through Dance Videos

• Gidget C. Tay ^[1] ; Kimberly D. Edwards ^[2]
  1. [1] Rockford University

     Rockford University

     Township of Rockford, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Department of Chemistry, University of California—Irvine, United States
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 92, Nº 11, 2015, págs. 1956-1959
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A visual aid teaching tool, the DanceChemistry video series, has been developed to teach fundamental chemistry concepts through dance. These educational videos portray chemical interactions at the molecular level using dancers to represent chemical species. Students reported that the DanceChemistry videos helped them visualize chemistry ideas in a new and memorable way. Surveying the general laboratory course at the University of California, Irvine (n = 1266), 75% of the students said they wanted to use these videos to learn additional chemistry topics in the future. Data from pre- and postsurveys show an increase in students’ average scores after watching a 5 min DanceChemistry video. These instructional videos are disseminated broadly through a dedicated YouTube channel, DanceChemistry.