Research in the Yezierski Group aims to improve conceptual understanding of chemistry with a focus on the dynamics of teaching chemistry and teacher change. The goal of our work is characterizing and reforming instruction across a variety of grade levels (middle school, high school, and college) and learning environments (formal and informal). Projects have employed a variety of designs and methods that explore innovations in particulate-centered curricula, scientific reasoning, chemistry self-concept, learning in chemistry outreach, formative assessment, characterizing animation use and instructional materials, and teacher change. Current projects focus on instructional change and its outcomes using the VisChem Approach (storyboarding chemical phenomena supported with dynamic molecular-level animations) and the evaluation of YouTube chemistry videos using Mayer's Multimedia Principles.

If you're interested in learning more about our group's work, please browse our People and Publications pages. Please contact Dr. Yezierski to discuss what you could do and learn as a member of the Yezierski Research Group.