Mare TaageperaSenior Lecturer Emeritus, Chemistry |
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Research Interests |
Chemical Education and Physical Organic Chemistry | |
| URL | www.chem.uci.edu/people/faculty/mtaagepe/ | |
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Academic Distinctions |
American Chemical Society Service through Chemistry Award Outstanding Engineering Educator of Orange County Award UCI Alumni Association Awards for Community Service and Professional Achievement Member, state and national committees on science education, including those of the National Research Council and the California State Department of Education |
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| Appointments |
1971-73, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California at Irvine |
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Research Abstract |
The main objective of our research program in science education is to provide information which would make teaching science more scientific. Cognitive research indicates that if meaningful learning is to occur, students need to construct knowledge on their existing knowledge base. The program is currently using the Knowledge Space Theory, developed in mathematical psychology by J.-Cl. Falmagne (UCI) and colleagues, to determine the cognitive organization of students' knowledge. The major concepts under study have included Lewis structures, bonding, stoichiometry as well as structure-reactivity correlations in organic chemistry. Structure considerations have included electron densities and stereochemistry. Our current area of study is molecular motion. The effect of new instructional materials and methods including server-based learning tools has also been evaluated. |
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"Assessing the Effect of Web-Based Learning Tools on Student Understanding of Stoichiometry Using Knowledge Space Theory," Arasasingham, R. D.; Taagepera, M.; Potter, F.; Martorell, I.; Lonjers, S. J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82, 1251. |
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"Using Knowledge Space Theory To Assess Student Understanding of Stoichiometry," Arasasingham, R. D.; Taagepera, M.; Potter, F.; Lonjers, S. J. Chem. Educ. 2004, 81, 1517. |
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"How Students Think About Stereochemistry," Taagepera, M.; Arasasingham, R. D.; King, S.; Potter, F.; Martorell, I.; Ford, D.; Wu, J.; Kearney, A. M., Submitted to J. Chem. Educ. (under revision). |
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"Following the Development of the Bonding Concept Using Knowledge Space Theory," Taagepera, M.: Arasasingham, R.; Potter, F; Soroudi, A; Lam, G. J. Chem. Ed. 2002, 79, 756. |
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"Mapping Students' Thinking Patterns in Learning Organic Chemistry by the Use of Knowledge Space Theory," Taagepera, M.; Noori, S. J. Chem. Ed. 2000, 77, 1224. |
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"Mapping Students' Thinking Patterns by the Use of the Knowledge Space Theory," Taagepera, M.; Potter, F.; Miller, G. E.; Lakshminarayan, K. International Journal of Science Education 1997, 19, 283. |
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| "A USA Model of Industry-Academic Partnership in the Dense Urban Area of Orange County, CA." Miller,G.E; Taagepera,M. in Synergy: Case Studies on Education-Industry Partnerships, Isuyama,R; Mapletoft,M., eds. Chemistry Industry Education Center. York, England, 1996. | ||
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"The Fall-off of Field Effects with Distance: The Acidity of Substituted Quinuclidimium and Bicyclo-octyl-ammonium Ions," Adcock, W.; Anvia, F.; Butt, G.; Cook, A.; Duggan, P.; Grobb, C. A.; Marriott, S.; Rowe, J.; Taagepera, M.; Taft, R. W.; Topsom, R. D. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry 1991, 4, 353. |
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Professional Societies |
American Chemical Society National Science Teachers Association |
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| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=2167 | |
| Last updated | 10/11/2006 | |
