Bretz Research Group - Undergraduates

Bretz Research Group - Undergraduate Students

B.S. Integrated Science Education/Chemistry, Miami University (expected May 2021)
Bretz Group Member: April 2019 - December 2020
Research Project: Investigating Students' Understandings of Representations used to Teach Intermolecular Forces

B.S. Life Science/Chemistry Education, Miami University (expected December 2021)
Bretz Group Member: April 2019 - December 2020
Research Project: Investigating Students' Understandings of Representations used to Teach Thermochemistry

B.S. Science Education (Chemistry Focus), Western Carolina University, 2020
Bretz Group Member: Summer 2019 (NSF REU Program)
Research Project: Physical Chemistry and Biophysical Chemistry Students' Reasoning with Reaction Coordinate Diagrams
Co-Author on Publication: Atkinson, M.B.; Popova, M.; Croisant, M.; Reed, D.; Bretz, S.L. "Development of the Reaction Coordinate Diagram Inventory: Measuring Student Thinking and Confidence," Journal of Chemical Education, 2020, 97(7), 1841-1851

B.S. Chemistry Education, Miami University, 2020
Bretz Group Member: February 2018 - May 2020
Research Project: Analysis of the Bonding/Acid-Base/Rdox Representations Inventory
Runner-Up, Best Undergraduate Chemistry Education Research Poster, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2019
Current Position: High School Chemistry Teacher, Wisconsin

B.S. Biochemistry & PreMedical Studies CoMajor, Miami University, 2020
Bretz Group Member: February 2017 - May 2020
Research Project: Cluster Analysis of Absorption and Emission Misconceptions
Current Position: Medical Student, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine

B.S. Biochemistry, Miami University, 2019
Bretz Group Member: January 2017 - May 2019
Research Project: Students' Understandings of Particulate Representations of Elements & Compounds
Dean's Scholar Award, 2018-2019, Miami University
Current Position: Law Student, Indiana University

B.S. Chemistry Education, Miami University, 2019
Bretz Group Member: September 2016 - May 2019
Research Project: Students' Understandings of Solution Concentration
Best Undergraduate Chemistry Education Research Poster, American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2018
Runner-Up, Best Undergraduate Chemistry Education Research Poster, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2019
Current Position: High School Science Teacher, Mississippi

B.S. Biochemistry with Molecular Biology option, Penn State University Berks, 2019
Bretz Group Member: Summer 2017 (NSF REU Program)
Research Project: Cluster Analysis of Students' Understandings of Enzyme-Substrate Interactions
Runner-Up, Best Undergraduate Chemistry Education Research Poster, American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2018

B.S. Spanish & PreMedical Studies Co-Major, Miami University, 2018
Bretz Group Member: August 2016 - May 2017
Research Project: Cluster Analysis of General Chemistry Students' Misconceptions and Confidence regarding Acid/Base Reactions

B.S. Chemistry Education, Miami University, 2017
Bretz Group Member: January 2016 - May 2017
Research Projects: (1) Students' Understandings of Bond Polarity vs. Molecular Polarity ; (2) An Analysis of Representations used to Introuce the Atomic Model in a General Chemistry Textbook

B.S. Biochemistry, Miami University, 2017
Bretz Group Member: August 2014 - May 2017
Research Project: Faculty Goals, Inquiry, and Meaningful Learning in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory
Co-Author on Publication: Bretz, S.L.; Galloway, K.R.; Orzel, J.; Gross, E. “Faculty Goals, Inquiry, and Meaningful Learning in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory.” In Technology and Assessment Strategies for Improving Student Learning in Chemistry, M. Schultz, T.A. Holme, S. Schmid (Eds.), American Chemical Society Symposium Series, 2016, Vol. 1236, 101-115.
Current Position: Medical Student, Georgetown University

B.A. Chemistry & B.S. Business Management, Miami University, 2017
Bretz Group Member: Spring 2016
Research Project: An Analysis of General Chemistry Textbook Representations: Quantum Models of Atomic Structure

B.S. Chemistry, Miami University, 2019
Bretz Group Member: Spring 2016
Research Project: Functional Analysis of Representations of Aqueous Solutions and Reactions in a General Chemistry Textbook

B.S. Finance, Miami University, 2017
Bretz Group Member: November 2013 - May 2017
Research Project: Faculty Goals, Inquiry, and Meaningful Learning in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory
Co-Author on Publication: Bretz, S.L.; Galloway, K.R.; Orzel, J.; Gross, E. “Faculty Goals, Inquiry, and Meaningful Learning in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory.” In Technology and Assessment Strategies for Improving Student Learning in Chemistry, M. Schultz, T.A. Holme, S. Schmid (Eds.), American Chemical Society Symposium Series, 2016, Vol. 1236, 101-115.

B.S. Psychology, Miami University, 2014
Bretz Group Member: January 2012 - May 2014
Research Project: Investigating Student Anxiety within the Chemistry Laboratory
Co-Author on Publication: Galloway, K.R.; Malakpa, Z.; Bretz, S.L. “Investigating Affective Experiences in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Students' Perceptions of Control and Responsibility," Journal of Chemical Education, 93(2), 227–238.

B.S. Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, 2015
Bretz Group Member: Summer 2013 (NSF REU Program)
Research Project: Determining the Effect of Representational Complexity on Students' Understanding of Precipitation Reactions

B.A. Chemistry, Miami University, 2014
Bretz Group Member: August 2013 – May 2014
Research Project: Investigating Students' Understanding of the Symbolic, Macroscopic, and Particulate Domains of Precipitation Reactions