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MaryKay Orgill

Assistant Professor for Chemical Education
Ph. D. Chemistry

Department of Chemistry
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV 89154-4003
Telephone: (702) 895-3580
Fax: (702) 895-4072
Email: marykay.orgill@unlv.edu


My vita (pdf-file)

 

Selected Research Topics:

  • Biochemistry students’ perceptions of analogies
  • Biochemistry students’ perceptions of buffers and buffer problems
  • Pre-service science teachers’ views of inquiry and inquiry teaching
  • Using Concept Inventories to Assess Students’ Understanding in General Chemistry Classes
  • General chemistry students’ use of WebCT resources
  • Blind students’ visualizations of abstract chemistry concepts

 

 



I am interested in using qualitative research techniques to examine and improve undergraduate biochemistry and chemistry teaching and learning. Currently, this involves looking at how students understand concepts we explain in chemistry classes, how they solve chemistry-related problems, how they visualize different chemical concepts, and how they use language to make sense of chemical concepts.