Tournament of Young Chemists in Ukraine: Engaging Students in Chemistry through a Role-Playing Game-Style Competition

• Denis Svechkarev ^[1] ; Oleksiy V. Grygorovych ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Nebraska Medical Center

     University of Nebraska Medical Center

     City of Omaha, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 93, Nº 5, 2016, págs. 874-878
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • With more than 20 years of history, the Tournament of Young Chemists is an innovative, cross-disciplinary competition that promulgates the everyday life of scientists into the classrooms and on the contest stage. Original, open-type problems, unrestricted access to scientific data sources, and personal interaction with researchers from different fields of chemistry aim to develop a broad range of skills that prepare the participants for their future academic endeavors such as thinking, communication, reasoning, and teamwork.