ENHANCING QUALITY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE PROJECT “BONDING THE WORLD WITH CHEMISTRY”

ECOCLUB IN THE 7 TH SECONDARY SCHOOL – CITY OF BLAGOEVGRAD (BULGARIA)

PRPJECTS’ METHOD USED TO ENHANCE THE CREATIVE ABILITIES OF PUPILS

Students’ self-learning activates the cognitive interest in science and creates active creative individuals capable of making autonomous decisions in unusual situations and being responsible for this. The production of posters, models and the presentation of...

SCIENCE LEARNING IN 5 – 7 GRADES TO FORMING A NATURAL SCIENCE LITERACY

BULGARIAN HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS’ VIEWS OF THE NATURE OF SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY – GENDER ASPECT

937 students from non-specialized schools from 7 different Bulgarian regions participated are included in the present study. The quantitative analysis of the data shows dependencies of the students’ views (on the essence of science and science research) on th...

ADAPTATION OF THE EDUCATION TO THE DAY AFTER

In the present paper the results of several assessment questionnaires carried out with the participants of the Training School within the frames of Operational Program “Science and education for intelligent growth” are discussed. The goal of the questionnaires...

INVESTIGATING VIEWS OF STEM PRIMARY TEACHERS ON STEM EDUCATION

STEM education is now widely distributed to educational institutions in Thailand. It is directly forced through policy and instructional practices. The study was an examination of current views of STEM primary teachers on STEM education, integrated learning...

TEACHING ELECTRICITY WITH A ROLE PLAY

This paper provides an example of an innovative science activity applied in a science methods course for future elementary teachers at a small university in northeastern Turkey. The aim of the activity is to help prospective elementary teachers understand sci...

STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION OF UNKNOWNS: A SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION WITH AN EMPHASIS ON 1D AND 2D \(^{1}\)H NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a widely used technique for structural elucidation. It is often used in conjunction with other complimentary analytical techniques such as infra-red (IR) and mass spectrometry (MS) to completely assign the ch...

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ALUMINIUM 2024 WITH TUNGSTEN CARBIDE METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE BY IN-SITU METHOD

The objective of this research is to estimatethe effect of friction stir processing on microstructure and properties of aluminium alloy (Al-2024)/tungsten carbide (WC) metal matrix in-situ composite by low cost stir casting technique. Friction stir processing...

DETERMINATION OF VITAMINS B AND C IN THE BIOMASS GROWN ON THE OLIVE MILL WASTEWATER IN SYRIA BY HPCL METHOD

The study includes the results of the pH effect of the extraction solution on water-soluble vitamins in the biomass that grown on the olive mill wastewater (resulting from Syrian olive presses) diluted by urea solutions (4%) 75:25 (OMW; Urea 4%) and grafted...

ALEKSANDЕR HERD’S TEACHING LEGACY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN NATURAL SCIENCES EDUCATION

A review of the pedagogical achievements of Aleksander Yakovlevich Herd (1841 – 1888) is presented. Aleksander Herd is the most talented pedagogue of the second half of the 19th century and one of the brightest figures in the history of school natural science...

j-j COUPLED ATOMIC TERMS FOR NONEQUIVALENT ELECTRONS OF (n-1)f\(^{X}\) nd\(^{1}\) CONFIGURATIONS AND CORRELATION WITH L-S TERMS

In this article j-j coupled atomic terms for (n-1)f\(^{X}\) nd\(^{1}\) (x=1 and 3) configurations using microstate building method were computed and the j-j terms for (n-1)f\(^{1}\) nd\(^{1}\) configuration correlated pictorially with the L-S terms. The j-j co...

ОNLINE MATRICULATION Е-TEST IN GEOGRAPHY, CONDUCTED BY SOUTH-WEST UNIVERSITY “NEOFIT RILSKI” – BLAGOEVGRAD

In the article an algorithm has been introduced for the making, conducting, assessment and improvement of a dynamic e-test in the form of the matriculation examination in geography as a part of the activities during the enrolment campaign of South-West Univer...

INTEGRATED ENGINEERING EDUCATION: THE ROLE OF ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ NEEDS

The requirements of professional practice require the development of competences that combine both professional (technical) and communication skills, including English language. To support the development of both areas of competence, an integrated course o...

LEARNING IN NATURE AND SCIENCE AND THE FEAR OF FAILURE

The main problem discussed in this article is related to the reasons as to how and why fear dominates students’ learning process in education institutions. A right approach toward the topic requires first an investigation of the cognitive aspects of fear, esp...

CHEMISTRY TEACHERS’ BOOK (2017)

REFLECTION IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION