PLEASE NOTE
My last day at Miami University was Thursday, June 15, 2023.
I now serve as the Dean for The Getty College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio Northern University in Ada, OH.
I can be reached via email at bretzsl@onu.edu and via telephone at 419.772.2130.
My website has relocated to sites.google.com/onu.edu/bretzsl.
Publications
70. Galloway, K.R.; Bretz, S.L. “Measuring Meaningful Learning in the General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Laboratories: A Longitudinal Study,” Journal of Chemical Education, 2015, 92(12), 2019-2030.
69. Galloway, K.R.; Bretz, S.L. “Measuring Meaningful Learning in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: A National, Cross-Sectional Study,” Journal of Chemical Education, 2015, 92(12), 2006-2018
68. Galloway, K.R.; Bretz, S.L. “Using Cluster Analysis to Characterize Meaningful Learning in a First-Year University Chemistry Laboratory Course,” Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015, 16, 879-892
67. Anzovino, M.E.; Bretz, S.L. “Organic Chemistry Students’ Ideas about Nucleophiles and Electrophiles: The Role of Charges and Mechanisms,” Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015, 16, 797-810
66. Linenberger, K.J.; Bretz, S.L. "Biochemistry Students' Ideas about how an Enzyme Interacts with a Substrate," Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2015, 43(4), 213-222.
65. Galloway, K.R.; Bretz, S.L. “Development of an Assessment Tool to Measure Students’ Meaningful Learning in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory,” Journal of Chemical Education, 2015, 92(7), 1149-1158
64. Bretz, S.L.; McClary, L.M. “Students' Understandings of Acid Strength: How Meaningful is Reliability when Measuring Alternative Conceptions?” Journal of Chemical Education, 2015, 92(2), 212-219.
63. Galloway, K.R.; Bretz, S.L.; Novak, M. "Paper Chromatography and UV-Vis Spectroscopy to Characterize Anthocyanins and Investigate Anti-oxidant Properties in the Organic Teaching Laboratory," Journal of Chemical Education, 2015, 92(1), 183-188.
62. Brandriet, A.R.; Bretz, S.L. “Measuring Meta-Ignorance through the Lens of Confidence: Examining Students’ Redox Misconceptions about Oxidation Numbers, Charge, and Electron Transfer,” Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2014, 15(4), 729-746
61. Brandriet, A.R.; Bretz, S.L. "The Development of the Redox Concept Inventory as a Measure of Students' Symbolic and Particulate Redox Understandings and Confidence,” Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91(8), 1132-1144
60. Bretz, S.L. (2014). "Designing Assessment Tools to Measure Students’ Conceptual Knowledge of Chemistry," in Tools of Chemistry Education Research, D. Bunce and R. Cole (Eds.), American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C., 155-168
59. Bretz, S.L. (2014). "Equilibrium and Stress: Balancing One Marriage, a "Two-Body” Problem, and Three Children." In Mom the Chemistry Professor: Personal Accounts and Advice from Chemistry Professors who are Mothers, (Cole, Marzabadi, Webster, and Woznack, Eds.). Springer Press, 3-19.
58. Luxford, C.J.; Bretz, S.L. "Development of the Bonding Representations Inventory to Identify Student MIsconceptions about Covalent and Ionic Bonding Representations," Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91(3), 312-320
ACS Editor's Choice - 1st JCE paper to earn this distinction!
57. Linenberger, K.J.; Bretz, S.L. "Biochemistry Students' Ideas about Shape and Charge in Enzyme Substrate Interactions," Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2014, 42(3), 203-212
56. Bretz, S.L. (2013). "A Chronology of Assessment in Chemistry Education," In Trajectories of Chemistry Education Innovation," T. Holme; M. Cooper; P. Varma-Nelson (Eds.), ACS Symposium Series
55. Brandriet, A.R.; Ward, R.M.; Bretz, S.L. "Modeling Meaningful Learning in Chemistry using Structural Equation Modeling," Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2013, 14(4), 421-430.
54. Luxford, C.J.; Bretz, S.L. "Moving Beyond Definitions: What Student Generated Models Reveal about their Understanding of Covalent Bonding and Ionic Bonding,” Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2013, 14, 214-222
53. Harshman, J.; Bretz, S.L.; Yezierski, E.J. "Seeing Chemistry through the Eyes of the Blind: A Case Study Examining Multiple Gas Law Representations," Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90(6), 710-716
52. Mayo, A.V.; Loegel, T.; Bretz, S.L.; Danielson, N.D. "Flow Injection Analysis and Liquid Chromatography for Multifunctional Chemical Analysis (MCA) Systems," Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90(4), 500-505
51. Bretz, S.L.; Fay, M.E.; Bruck, L.; Towns, M.H. "What Faculty Interviews Reveal about Learning in the Undergraduate Laboratory," Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90(3), 281-288
50. McClary, L.M.; Bretz, S.L. "Development and Assessment of a Diagnostic Tool to Identify Organic Chemistry Students' Alternative Conceptions related to Acid Strength," International Journal of Science Education, 2012, 34(5), 2317-2341
49. Linenberger, K.J.; Bretz, S.L. "A Novel Technology to Investigate Students' Understandings of Enzyme Representations," Journal of College Science Teaching, 2012, 42(1), 45-49.
48. Bretz, S.L.; Linenberger, K.J. "Development of the Enyzme-Substrate Interactions Concept Inventory," Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2012, 40(4), 229-233
47. Bretz, S.L. "Navigating the Landscape of Assessment," Journal of Chemical Education, 2012, 89(6), 689-69
Invited Editorial
46. Luxford, C.J.; Crowder, M.W.; Bretz, S.L. "A Symmetry POGIL Activity for Inorganic Chemistry," Journal of Chemical Education, 2012, 89(2), 211-214
45. Grove, N.P.; Bretz, S.L. "A Continuum of Learning: From Rote Memorization to Meaningful Learning in Organic Chemistry," Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012, 13, 201-208
44. Emenike, M.E.; Bretz, S.L. "Hannah's Prior Knowledge about Chemicals: A Case Study of One 4th Grade Child" School Science and Mathematics, 2012, 112(2), 99-108
43. Linenberger, K.J.; Bretz, S.L. "Generating Cognitive Dissonance in Student Interviews through Multiple Representations," Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012, 13, 172-178
42. National Research Council. (2012). Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering. Susan R. Singer, Natalie R. Nielsen, and Heidi A. Schweingruber, Editors. Committee on the Status, Contributions, and Future Directions of Discipline-Based Education Research. Board on Science Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.
(Committee Members: Susan R. Singer (Chair), Robert Beichner, Stacey Lowery Bretz, Melanie Cooper, Sean Decatur, James Fairweather, Kenneth Heller, Kim Kastens, Michael Martinez, David Mogk, Laura R. Novick, Marcy Osgood, Timothy F. Slater, Karl A. Smith, William B. Wood)
41. Gephart, J.A.; Emenike, M.E.; Bretz, S.L. "Greenwashing or Green Advertising? An Analysis of Print Ads for Food and Household Cleaning Products from 1960-2008," Journal for Activism in Science & Technology Education, 2011, 3(2), 19-26.
40. Emenike, M.E.; Danielson, N.D.; Bretz, S.L. "Meaningful Learning in a First-Year Chemistry Laboratory Course: Differences across Classical, Discovery, and Instrumental Experiments," Journal of College Science Teaching, 2011, 41(2), 84-92
39. Jensen, J.D.; Grundy, S.; Bretz, S.L.; Hartley, C.S. "Synthesis and Characterization of Self Assembled Liquid Crystals: p-Alkoxybenzoic Acids," Journal of Chemical Education, 2011, 88, 1133-1136.
38. Bindis, M.P.; Bretz, S.L.; Danielson, N.D. "Preparation and Characterization of a Polymeric Monolithic Column for Use in HPLC," Journal of Chemical Education, 2011, 88(5), 675-678
37. Brandriet, A.R.; Xu, X.; Bretz, S.L.; Lewis, J.E. "Diagnosing Changes in Attitude in First Year College Chemistry Students with a Shortened Version of Bauer's Semantic Differential," Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2011, 12, 271-278.
36. Linenberger, K.J.; Bretz, S.L.; Crowder, M.W.; McCarrick, R.; Lorigan, G.; Tierney, D. "What is the True Color of Fresh Meat? A Biophysical Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment Investigating the Effects of Ligand Binding on Myoglobin using Optical, EPR, and NMR Spectroscopy," Journal of Chemical Education, 2011, 88(2), 223-225
35. Bruck, L.B.; Towns, M.; Bretz, S.L. "Faculty Perspectives of Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Goals and Obstacles to Success," Journal of Chemical Education, 2010, 87(12), 1416-1424
34. Sanabria-Rios, D.; Bretz, S.L. "Investigating the Relationship between Faculty Cognitive Expectations about Learning Chemistry and the Construction of Exam Questions," Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2010, 11, 212-217
33. Grove, N.P.; Bretz, S.L. "Perry's Scheme of Intellectual and Epistemological Development as a Framework for Describing Student Difficulties in Learning Organic Chemistry," Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2010, 11, 207-211
32. Smith, K.C.; Nakhleh, M.B.; Bretz, S.L. "An Expanded Framework for Analyzing General Chemistry Exams," Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2010, 11, 147-153
31. Holme, T.; Bretz, S.L.; 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, 2010, 11, 92-97
30. Bruck, L.B.; Bretz, S.L.; Towns, M.H. "A Rubric to Guide Curriculum Development of Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Focus on Inquiry," in M. Gupta-Bhowon et al. (Eds.) Chemistry Education in the ICT Age, Springer Science, 2009, 75-83.
29. Grove, N.P.; Collins, D.; Guerin, N.P.; Lopez, J.J.; Bretz, S.L.; Zhou, H.-C. "Designing, Teaching, and Evaluating a Unit on Symmetry and Crystallography in the High School Classroom," Journal of Chemical Education, 2009, 86(8), 946-949
28. O'Donnell, M.E.; Musia, B.A.; Ca, D.; Bretz, S.L.; Danielson, N.D. "Discovering the Retention Mechanisms of Liquid Chromatography using Solid Phase Extraction Cartridges," Journal of Chemical Education, 2009, 86(1), 60-63
27. Bautista, N.U.; Winslow, J.; Nafziger, K.M.; Motter, B.M.; Bretz, S.L. "Integrating Science and Language Arts to Teach with Inquiry," The Art and Science of Partnership: Catalytic Cases of Schools, Universities, and Community Renewal, University Press of America, 2009, 63-78.28.
26. Bruck, L.; Bretz, S.L.; Towns, M.H. "Characterizing the Level of Inquiry in the Undergraduate Laboratory,” Journal of College Science Teaching, 2008, 38(1), 52-58.
25. Bretz, S.L. (editor). Chemistry in the National Science Education Standards: Models for Meaningful Learning in the High School Chemistry Classroom, American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C, 2009. (NSTA Recommends! Review)
24. Bretz, S.L. "Teaching and Learning High School Chemistry," in Bretz, S.L. (editor). Chemistry in the National Science Education Standards: Models for Meaningful Learning in the High School Chemistry Classroom (2nd ed.), American Chemical Society: Washington, D.C, 2009, 4-6.
23. Fay, M.E.; Bretz, S.L. "Structuring the Level of Inquiry in your Classroom," The Science Teacher, 2008, 75(5), 38-42
22. Mathew, J.M.; Grove, N.P.; Bretz, S.L. "Online Data Collection and Database Development for Survey Research in Chemistry Education," The Chemical Educator, 2008, 13, 190-194.
21. Grove, N.P.; Hershberger, J.W.; Bretz, S.L. "Impact of a Spiral Organic Curriculum on Student Attrition and Learning," Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2008, 9, 157-162
20. Grove, N.P.; Bretz, S.L. "Measuring What Students Know about How to Learn Chemistry," Proceedings of the National STEM Assessment Conference, National Science Foundation and Drury University, 2008, 159-165.
19. Bretz, S.L. "Qualitative Research Designs in Chemistry Education Research," in D. Bunce and R. Cole (Eds.) Chemistry Education Research: Nuts and Bolts, ACS Symposium Series, Oxford University Press, 2008, 79-99.
18.Grove, N.P.; Bretz, S.L. "CHEMX: Assessing Students' Cognitive Expectations in Learning Chemistry," Journal of Chemical Education, 2007, 84(9), 1416-1424
17. Hohloch, J.M.; Grove, N.P.; Bretz, S.L. "Pre-service Teacher as Researcher: The Value of Inquiry in Learning Science," Journal of Chemical Education, 2007, 84(9), 1530-1534
16. Fay, M.E.; Grove, N.P.; Towns, M.H.; Bretz, S.L. "A Rubric to Characterize Inquiry in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory," Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2007, 8(2), 212-219
