EFFECTIVENESS OF GREEN CHEMISTRY WITH SCIENCE WRITING IN ENHANCING UNDERSTANDING CHEMISTRY CONCEPTS

Authors : Sheila Shamuganathan, Gilbeth Andrew John, Mageswary Karpudewan

Pages : 20-25

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Publication Date : 2016-09-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :In this study attempt was made to investigate the effectiveness of green chemistry with science writing heuristic (SWH) enhancing understanding of chemistry concepts among pre-university students. Students enrolled in the Matriculation Colleges in Malaysia are the top notch students in the country. For this purpose data has been collected from 208 pre-university students in the study as an experimental or control groups.  The experimental group was taught the content using SWH instructional approach while the control group was taught the same content using traditional approach.  The data was analysed using ANCOVA and findings obtained from the quantitative analysis on understanding of chemistry concepts reveals that there is a significant change in understanding of concepts (F (1,204) = 99.549, p < 0.05 partial eta squared =0.335  which favours the experimental group. These results revealed that the green chemistry with SWH can improved their chemistry concepts understanding. The implication of the study with respect to pre-university education has been provided with some highlights on the limitation of the study well as contribution, recommendations and suggestion for further research.
Keywords : Understanding chemistry concept, science writing heuristics, green chemistry