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    Determination of university students’ misconceptions about light using concept maps
    (Elsevier, 2014) Blizak, Meriem Djanette; Chafiqi, Fouad
    The concept map has evolved, in recent years, as an important teaching and learning tool. It engages students in active learning and assists instructors with their delivery. Thus, we believe that it has the power to be relevant and effective to reflect the design of a poly-functional teaching tool. We argue in favor of renewing didactic tools used in education, in general, and in teaching GO (geometric optics) in particular. The main purpose of this study, however, is to show that the concept mapping is a very effective way in terms of revealing the misconceptions of students, studying GO, during their university year. 52 freshman students (first year) majoring in life science and nature (LSN) were asked to draw a conceptual map about propagation of light; a two-stage experiment: before and after formal teaching sessions. The findings of the qualitative analysis of the students’ maps are in line with the results of other research; students have many misconceptions about light and traditional strategy used for teaching GO is not effective for conceptual change. Also, The approach of scoring tasks, as only one survey is not recommended
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    Students’ perceptions regarding the abrupt transition to online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of Faculty of Chemistry and Hydrocarbons at the University of Boumerdes—Algeria
    (American Chemical Society, 2020) Blizak, Meriem Djanette; Blizak, Salah; Bouchenak, Ouahiba; Yahiaoui, Karima
    In recent months, universities around the world have been forced to cancel courses and close their doors due to the growing coronavirus epidemic. Following the government’s precautions, Algerian students were bound to quarantine regulations for their safety. Thus, they unexpectedly switched to online learning instead of face-to-face learning. Our objective of this exploratory study is to investigate the perceptions of Algerian university students regarding the abrupt transition to online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve this goal, an online survey with closed and open-ended questions was conducted among 380 students from the faculty of chemistry and hydrocarbons (FCH) at the University of Boumerdes—Algeria. The results showed that students have a negative perception of online learning. They are reluctant about this new digital pedagogy and prefer the traditional way of teaching to online teaching during the coronavirus pandemic