The affective experiences of students in the context of chemistry courses are associated with differential performance in those courses. Measures of motivation, self-efficacy, achievement emotions, and their relationship with achievement, for example, inform researchers and practitioners designing transformative learning experiences. Such work requires the application of methods to evaluate the validity and reliability of the measures. Dr. Lewis has contributed significantly to the field of chemical education research through using cutting-edge, quality psychometric techniques including providing primer-style papers for our field outlining how we can (and should) be using similar techniques in our work. This talk with highlight how Dr. Lewis’ research has informed the work of our group in measuring achievement emotions, including direct contributions by Lewis group members who were postdoctoral research associates in our lab, and key papers by Dr. Lewis that inform our psychometric evaluations and studies of achievement emotions.

Learning is an emotional experience: Measuring achievement emotions in postsecondary chemistry courses

ACS Spring 2022

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