Marcy H. Towns - Publications

Affiliations: 
Chemistry Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States 
Area:
Chemistry Education
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http://www.chem.purdue.edu/people/faculty/faculty.asp?itemID=78

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2023 Ramos JG, Towns MH. Ready, Set, Go? Impact of the Pandemic on Student Readiness: Laboratories, Preparedness, and Support. Journal of Chemical Education. 100: 2673-2679. PMID 37552538 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00014  0.443
2020 Rodriguez JG, Towns MH. Research on Students' Understanding of Michaelis-Menten Kinetics and Enzyme Inhibition: Implications for Instruction and Learning The Biophysicist. 1: 3. DOI: 10.35459/tbp.2019.000108  0.431
2020 Santos-Díaz S, Towns MH. Chemistry outreach as a community of practice: investigating the relationship between student-facilitators’ experiences and boundary processes in a student-run organization Chemistry Education Research and Practice. DOI: 10.1039/D0Rp00106F  0.542
2020 Harwood CJ, Meyer J, Towns MH. Assessing Student Learning in a Rapidly Changing Environment: Laboratories and Exams Journal of Chemical Education. 97: 3110-3113. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.0C00651  0.529
2020 Harwood CJ, Hewett S, Towns MH. Rubrics for Assessing Hands-On Laboratory Skills Journal of Chemical Education. 97: 2033-2035. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.0C00200  0.505
2019 Rodriguez JG, Towns MH. Analysis of student reasoning about Michaelis–Menten enzyme kinetics: mixed conceptions of enzyme inhibition Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 20: 428-442. DOI: 10.1039/C8Rp00276B  0.487
2019 Rodriguez JG, Bain K, Hux NP, Towns MH. Productive features of problem solving in chemical kinetics: more than just algorithmic manipulation of variables Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 20: 175-186. DOI: 10.1039/C8Rp00202A  0.465
2019 Rodriguez JG, Bain K, Towns MH, Elmgren M, Ho FM. Covariational reasoning and mathematical narratives: investigating students’ understanding of graphs in chemical kinetics Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 20: 107-119. DOI: 10.1039/C8Rp00156A  0.521
2019 Bain K, Rodriguez JG, Towns MH. Chemistry and Mathematics: Research and Frameworks To Explore Student Reasoning Journal of Chemical Education. 96: 2086-2096. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.9B00523  0.427
2019 Rodriguez JG, Towns MH. Alternative Use for the Refined Consensus Model of Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Suggestions for Contextualizing Chemistry Education Research Journal of Chemical Education. 96: 1797-1803. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.9B00415  0.413
2019 Rodriguez JG, Hux NP, Philips SJ, Towns MH. Michaelis–Menten Graphs, Lineweaver–Burk Plots, and Reaction Schemes: Investigating Introductory Biochemistry Students’ Conceptions of Representations in Enzyme Kinetics Journal of Chemical Education. 96: 1833-1845. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.9B00396  0.484
2019 Bain K, Rodriguez JG, Towns MH. Investigating Student Understanding of Rate Constants: When is a Constant “Constant”? Journal of Chemical Education. 96: 1571-1577. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.9B00005  0.498
2019 Rodriguez JG, Towns MH. Catalyzing Student Learning: Using Analogies To Teach Enzyme Kinetics Journal of Chemical Education. 96: 1401-1406. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.9B00004  0.542
2019 Santos-Díaz S, Hensiek S, Owings T, Towns MH. Survey of Undergraduate Students’ Goals and Achievement Strategies for Laboratory Coursework Journal of Chemical Education. 96: 850-856. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.8B00984  0.566
2019 Herrington DG, Sweeder RD, Daubenmire PL, Bauer CF, Bretz SL, Bunce DM, Carmel JH, Cole R, DeKorver BK, Kelly RM, Lewis SE, Oliver-Hoyo M, Ryan SAC, Stains M, Towns MH, et al. Supporting the Growth and Impact of the Chemistry-Education-Research Community Journal of Chemical Education. 96: 393-397. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.8B00823  0.393
2019 Rodriguez JG, Bain K, Towns MH. Graphical Forms: The Adaptation of Sherin’s Symbolic Forms for the Analysis of Graphical Reasoning Across Disciplines International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 1-17. DOI: 10.1007/S10763-019-10025-0  0.363
2018 Bain K, Rodriguez JG, Moon A, Towns MH. The characterization of cognitive processes involved in chemical kinetics using a blended processing framework Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 19: 617-628. DOI: 10.1039/C7Rp00230K  0.526
2018 Rodriguez JG, Towns MH. Modifying Laboratory Experiments To Promote Engagement in Critical Thinking by Reframing Prelab and Postlab Questions Journal of Chemical Education. 95: 2141-2147. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.8B00683  0.538
2018 Rodriguez JG, Santos-Diaz S, Bain K, Towns MH. Using Symbolic and Graphical Forms To Analyze Students’ Mathematical Reasoning in Chemical Kinetics Journal of Chemical Education. 95: 2114-2125. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.8B00584  0.537
2018 Towns MH, Holme TA. Impacts of the 2018 Division of Chemical Education Bylaw Changes on the Division’s Executive Committee Composition and Work Journal of Chemical Education. 95: 1448-1450. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.8B00421  0.564
2018 Rodriguez JG, Hensiek S, Meyer JR, Harwood CJ, Towns MH. Buffers in Context: Baby Wipes As a Buffer System Journal of Chemical Education. 95: 1816-1820. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.8B00378  0.484
2018 Bain K, Rodriguez JG, Towns MH. Zero-Order Chemical Kinetics as a Context To Investigate Student Understanding of Catalysts and Half-Life Journal of Chemical Education. 95: 716-725. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.7B00974  0.505
2018 Bain K, Towns MH. Investigation of Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry Students’ Understanding of Thermodynamic Driving Forces in Chemical Reactions and Dissolution Journal of Chemical Education. 95: 512-520. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.7B00874  0.529
2018 Schnoebelen C, Towns MH, Chmielewski J, Hrycyna CA. Design and Evaluation of a One-Semester General Chemistry Course for Undergraduate Life Science Majors Journal of Chemical Education. 95: 734-740. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.7B00869  0.546
2017 Hensiek S, DeKorver B, Harwood C, Fish J, O'Shea K, Towns M. Digital Badges in Science: A Novel Approach to the Assessment of Student Learning Journal of College Science Teaching. 46. DOI: 10.2505/4/Jcst17_046_03_28  0.49
2017 Towns MH. Faculty And Student Goals For Undergraduate Laboratory QuíMica Nova. 40: 454-455. DOI: 10.21577/0100-4042.20170005  0.522
2017 Rodriguez JG, Bain K, Moon A, Mack MR, DeKorver BK, Towns MH. The Citation Index of Chemistry Education Research in the Journal of Chemical Education from 2008 to 2016: A Closer Look at the Impact Factor Journal of Chemical Education. 94: 558-562. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.7B00062  0.329
2017 Mahaffy PG, Holme TA, Martin-Visscher L, Martin BE, Versprille A, Kirchhoff M, McKenzie L, Towns M. Beyond “Inert” Ideas to Teaching General Chemistry from Rich Contexts: Visualizing the Chemistry of Climate Change (VC3) Journal of Chemical Education. 94: 1027-1035. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.6B01009  0.805
2017 Moon A, Stanford C, Cole R, Towns M. Decentering: A Characteristic of Effective Student–Student Discourse in Inquiry-Oriented Physical Chemistry Classrooms Journal of Chemical Education. 94: 829-836. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.6B00856  0.445
2017 Versprille A, Zabih A, Holme TA, McKenzie L, Mahaffy P, Martin B, Towns M. Assessing Student Knowledge of Chemistry and Climate Science Concepts Associated with Climate Change: Resources To Inform Teaching and Learning Journal of Chemical Education. 94: 407-417. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.6B00759  0.814
2017 Moon A, Stanford C, Cole R, Towns M. Analysis of inquiry materials to explain complexity of chemical reasoning in physical chemistry students’ argumentation Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 54: 1322-1346. DOI: 10.1002/Tea.21407  0.48
2016 Moon A, Stanford C, Cole R, Towns M. The nature of students' chemical reasoning employed in scientific argumentation in physical chemistry Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 17: 353-364. DOI: 10.1039/C5Rp00207A  0.581
2016 Bain K, Towns MH. A review of research on the teaching and learning of chemical kinetics Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 17: 246-262. DOI: 10.1039/C5Rp00176E  0.481
2016 Mack MR, Towns MH. Faculty beliefs about the purposes for teaching undergraduate physical chemistry courses Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 17: 80-99. DOI: 10.1039/C5Rp00148J  0.505
2016 DeKorver BK, Choi M, Towns M. Exploration of a Method To Assess Children’s Understandings of a Phenomenon after Viewing a Demonstration Show Journal of Chemical Education. 94: 149-156. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.6B00506  0.405
2016 Hensiek S, DeKorver BK, Harwood CJ, Fish J, O’Shea K, Towns M. Improving and Assessing Student Hands-On Laboratory Skills through Digital Badging Journal of Chemical Education. 93: 1847-1854. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.6B00234  0.526
2016 Towns MH, Holme TA. The Division of Chemical Education Executive Committee, Board of Publication, and ACS Examinations Institute Board of Trustees: A Historical Perspective from 1985 to 2015 Journal of Chemical Education. 93: 1163-1169. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.6B00050  0.607
2016 Stanford C, Moon A, Towns M, Cole R. Analysis of Instructor Facilitation Strategies and Their Influences on Student Argumentation: A Case Study of a Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Physical Chemistry Classroom Journal of Chemical Education. 93: 1501-1513. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.5B00993  0.563
2016 DeKorver BK, Towns MH. Upper-level undergraduate chemistry students’ goals for their laboratory coursework Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 53: 1198-1215. DOI: 10.1002/Tea.21326  0.528
2015 Becker N, Stanford C, Towns M, Cole R. Translating across macroscopic, submicroscopic, and symbolic levels: the role of instructor facilitation in an inquiry-oriented physical chemistry class Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 16: 769-785. DOI: 10.1039/C5Rp00064E  0.772
2015 Versprille AN, Towns MH. General chemistry students understanding of climate change and the chemistry related to climate change Journal of Chemical Education. 92: 603-609. DOI: 10.1021/Ed500589G  0.797
2015 Elmgren M, Ho F, Åkesson E, Schmid S, Towns M. Comparison and evaluation of learning outcomes from an international perspective: Development of a best-practice process Journal of Chemical Education. 92: 427-432. DOI: 10.1021/Ed500542B  0.335
2015 Towns M, Harwood CJ, Robertshaw MB, Fish J, O'Shea K. The Digital Pipetting Badge: A Method to Improve Student Hands-On Laboratory Skills Journal of Chemical Education. 92: 2038-2044. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.5B00464  0.514
2015 DeKorver BK, Towns MH. General Chemistry Students' Goals for Chemistry Laboratory Coursework Journal of Chemical Education. 92: 2031-2037. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Jchemed.5B00463  0.541
2014 Auchincloss LC, Laursen SL, Branchaw JL, Eagan K, Graham M, Hanauer DI, Lawrie G, McLinn CM, Pelaez N, Rowland S, Towns M, Trautmann NM, Varma-Nelson P, Weston TJ, Dolan EL. Assessment of course-based undergraduate research experiences: a meeting report. Cbe Life Sciences Education. 13: 29-40. PMID 24591501 DOI: 10.1187/Cbe.14-01-0004  0.468
2014 Towns MH. Learning and teaching about the concepts of matter Studies in Science Education. 52: 63-67. DOI: 10.1080/03057267.2014.933636  0.348
2014 Bain K, Moon A, Mack MR, Towns MH. A review of research on the teaching and learning of thermodynamics at the university level Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 15: 320-335. DOI: 10.1039/C4Rp00011K  0.49
2014 Cruz-Ramírez De Arellano D, Towns MH. Students' understanding of alkyl halide reactions in undergraduate organic chemistry Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 15: 501-515. DOI: 10.1039/C3Rp00089C  0.533
2014 Mahaffy PG, Martin BE, Kirchhoff M, McKenzie L, Holme T, Versprille A, Towns M. Infusing sustainability science literacy through chemistry education: Climate science as a rich context for learning chemistry Acs Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 2: 2488-2494. DOI: 10.1021/Sc500415K  0.778
2014 Towns MH. Guide to developing high-quality, reliable, and valid multiple-choice assessments Journal of Chemical Education. 91: 1426-1431. DOI: 10.1021/Ed500076X  0.449
2013 Harle M, Towns MH. Students' understanding of primary and secondary protein structure: drawing secondary protein structure reveals student understanding better than simple recognition of structures. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education : a Bimonthly Publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 41: 369-76. PMID 24019228 DOI: 10.1002/Bmb.20719  0.808
2013 Becker N, Rasmussen C, Sweeney G, Wawro M, Towns M, Cole R. Reasoning using particulate nature of matter: An example of a sociochemical norm in a university-level physical chemistry class Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 14: 81-94. DOI: 10.1039/C2Rp20085F  0.479
2013 Towns MH. New guidelines for chemistry education research manuscripts and future directions of the field Journal of Chemical Education. 90: 1107-1108. DOI: 10.1021/Ed400476F  0.327
2013 Bretz SL, Fay M, Bruck LB, Towns MH. What faculty interviews reveal about meaningful learning in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory Journal of Chemical Education. 90: 281-288. DOI: 10.1021/Ed300384R  0.439
2013 Bruck AD, Towns M. Development, implementation, and analysis of a national survey of faculty goals for undergraduate chemistry laboratory Journal of Chemical Education. 90: 685-693. DOI: 10.1021/Ed300371N  0.76
2012 Harle M, Towns MH. Students' understanding of external representations of the potassium ion channel protein part II: structure-function relationships and fragmented knowledge. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education : a Bimonthly Publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 40: 357-63. PMID 23166023 DOI: 10.1002/Bmb.20620  0.805
2012 Harle M, Towns MH. Students' understanding of external representations of the potassium ion channel protein, part I: affordances and limitations of ribbon diagrams, vines, and hydrophobic/polar representations. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education : a Bimonthly Publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 40: 349-56. PMID 23166022 DOI: 10.1002/Bmb.20641  0.811
2012 Raker JR, Towns MH. Problem types in synthetic organic chemistry research: Implications for the development of curricular problems for second-year level organic chemistry instruction Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 13: 179-185. DOI: 10.1039/C2Rp90001G  0.695
2012 Towns MH, Raker JR, Becker N, Harle M, Sutcliffe J. The biochemistry tetrahedron and the development of the taxonomy of biochemistry external representations (TOBER) Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 13: 296-306. DOI: 10.1039/C2Rp00014H  0.754
2012 Becker N, Towns M. Students' understanding of mathematical expressions in physical chemistry contexts: An analysis using Sherin's symbolic forms Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 13: 209-220. DOI: 10.1039/C2Rp00003B  0.779
2012 Raker JR, Towns MH. Designing undergraduate-level organic chemistry instructional problems: Seven ideas from a problem-solving study of practicing synthetic organic chemists Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 13: 277-285. DOI: 10.1039/C1Rp90073K  0.709
2012 Shadle SE, Brown EC, Towns MH, Warner DL. A rubric for assessing students' experimental problem-solving ability Journal of Chemical Education. 89: 319-325. DOI: 10.1021/Ed2000704  0.501
2012 Towns MH, Kraft A. The 2010 rankings of chemical education and science education journals by faculty engaged in chemical education research Journal of Chemical Education. 89: 16-20. DOI: 10.1021/Ed100929G  0.307
2012 Cole R, Becker N, Towns M, Sweeney G, Wawro M, Rasmussen C. ADAPTING A METHODOLOGY FROM MATHEMATICS EDUCATION RESEARCH TO CHEMISTRY EDUCATION RESEARCH: DOCUMENTING COLLECTIVE ACTIVITY International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 10: 193-211. DOI: 10.1007/S10763-011-9284-1  0.718
2011 Harle M, Towns M. A review of spatial ability literature, its connection to chemistry, and implications for instruction Journal of Chemical Education. 88: 351-360. DOI: 10.1021/Ed900003N  0.758
2011 Bruck LB, Towns MH. What's the diagnosis? An inquiry-based activity focusing on mole-mass conversions Journal of Chemical Education. 88: 440-442. DOI: 10.1021/Ed100466J  0.408
2010 Holme T, Bretz SL, Cooper M, Lewis J, Paek P, Pienta N, Stacy A, Stevens R, Towns M. Enhancing the role of assessment in curriculum reform in chemistry Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 11: 92-97. DOI: 10.1039/C005352J  0.672
2010 Raker JR, Towns MH. Benchmarking problems used in second year level organic chemistry instruction Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 11: 25-32. DOI: 10.1039/C001043J  0.691
2010 Bruck LB, Towns M, Bretz SL. Faculty perspectives of undergraduate chemistry laboratory: Goals and obstacles to success Journal of Chemical Education. 87: 1416-1424. DOI: 10.1021/Ed900002D  0.539
2010 Towns MH. Developing learning objectives and assessment plans at a variety of institutions: Examples and case studies Journal of Chemical Education. 87: 91-96. DOI: 10.1021/Ed8000039  0.356
2010 Towns M. A brief history of the gordon research conference in chemistry education research and practice Journal of Chemical Education. 87: 1133-1134. DOI: 10.1021/Ed100085F  0.309
2010 Towns MH. Correction to Developing Learning Objectives and Assessment Plans at a Variety of Institutions: Examples and Case Studies Journal of Chemical Education. 87: 679-679. DOI: 10.1021/Ed100066C  0.302
2009 Bruck AD, Towns MH. Analysis of classroom response system questions via four lenses in a general Chemistry course Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 10: 291-295. DOI: 10.1039/B920834H  0.787
2009 Bruck LB, Towns MH. Preparing students to benefit from inquiry-based activities in the chemistry laboratory: Guidelines and suggestions Journal of Chemical Education. 86: 820-822. DOI: 10.1021/Ed086P820  0.533
2007 Fay ME, Grove NP, Towns MH, Bretz SL. A rubric to characterize inquiry in the undergraduate chemistry laboratory Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 8: 212-219. DOI: 10.1039/B6Rp90031C  0.413
2007 Dyer JU, Towns M, Weaver GC. Physical chemistry in practice: Evaluation of DVD modules Journal of Science Education and Technology. 16: 431-442. DOI: 10.1007/S10956-007-9066-2  0.531
2001 Towns M, Sauder D, Whisnant D, Zielinski TJ. Physical chemistry on line: Interinstitutional collaboration at a distance Journal of Chemical Education. 78: 414-415. DOI: 10.1021/Ed078P414  0.469
2001 Towns MH. Kolb for chemists: David A. Kolb and experiential learning theory Journal of Chemical Education. 78: 1107. DOI: 10.1021/Ed078P1107.7  0.382
2001 Sauder DG, Harvey EL, Towns MH, Slocum L, Zielinski TJ. How Many Are Too Many? Managing OnLine Growing Pains The Chemical Educator. 6: 315-316. DOI: 10.1007/S00897010502A  0.485
2000 Towns MH, Kreke K, Fields A. An Action Research Project: Student Perspectives on Small-Group Learning in Chemistry Journal of Chemical Education. 77: 111-115. DOI: 10.1021/Ed077P111  0.517
2000 Sauder D, Towns M, Derrick B, Grushow A, Kahlow M, Long G, Miles D, Shalhoub G, Stout R, Vaksman M, Pfeiffer WF, Weaver G, Zielinski TJ. Physical Chemistry Online: Maximizing Your Potential The Chemical Educator. 5: 77-82. DOI: 10.1007/S00897990369A  0.407
1999 Sauder D, Zielinski TJ, Shalhoub GM, Stout R, Towns MH, Long G. The Iodine Spectrum: A New Look at an Old Topic Journal of Chemical Education. 76: 841. DOI: 10.1021/Ed076P841  0.522
1998 Towns MH. How do I get my students to work together? Getting cooperative learning started Journal of Chemical Education. 75: 67-69. DOI: 10.1021/Ed075P67  0.51
1998 Lang PL, Towns MH. Visualization of wave functions using mathematica Journal of Chemical Education. 75: 506-509. DOI: 10.1021/Ed075P506  0.462
1998 Towns MH, Kreke K, Sauder D, Stout R, Long G, Zielinski TJ. An assessment of a physical chemistry online activity Journal of Chemical Education. 75: 1653-1657. DOI: 10.1021/Ed075P1653  0.507
1998 KREKE K, TOWNS MH. Student Perspectives of Small-Group Learning Activities The Chemical Educator. 3: 1-23. DOI: 10.1007/S00897980232A  0.493
1997 STOUT R, TOWNS MH, SAUDER D, ZIELINSKI TJ, LONG G. Online Cooperative Learning in Physical Chemistry The Chemical Educator. 2: 1-21. DOI: 10.1007/S00897970107A  0.335
1997 Towns MH, Grant ER. "I Believe I Will Go out of This Class Actually Knowing Something": Cooperative Learning Activities in Physical Chemistry Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 34: 819-835. DOI: 10.1002/(Sici)1098-2736(199710)34:8<819::Aid-Tea5>3.0.Co;2-Y  0.691
1995 McNamara B, Towns MH, Grant ER. Organometallic stability and structure: Elementary rates of unimolecular decomposition in chromium olefin carbonyls Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117: 12254-12261. DOI: 10.1021/Ja00154A027  0.448
1994 McNamara B, Becher DM, Towns MH, Grant ER. Elementary Arrhenius parameters in the CO-for-ethylene dissociative substitution of Cr(CO)5(C2H4) Journal of Physical Chemistry. 98: 4622-4626. DOI: 10.1021/J100068A023  0.437
1993 Towns MH, Robinson WR. Student use of test-wiseness strategies in solving multiple-choice chemistry examinations Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 30: 709-722. DOI: 10.1002/Tea.3660300709  0.636
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