@article {831,
	title = {EXAMINING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN STUDENTS{\textquoteright} WORKING MEMORY AND THEIR ABILITIES TO SOLVE OPEN-ENDED CHEMISTRY PROBLEMS},
	journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education},
	volume = {19},
	year = {2020},
	month = {February/2020},
	pages = {Continuous},
	type = {Original article},
	chapter = {142-156},
	abstract = {Open-ended problem-solving skills have been identified as employable skills, which undergraduate students will need to have in order to cope with real-life problems in their workplaces after graduation. However, the development and assessment of these skills have been inconsistent across courses offered in universities. This research examined undergraduate students{\textquoteright} ability to engage with open-ended chemistry problems, and the influence of their working memory space on problem solving. The research is a descriptive research design that employed a survey method for collection data. A purposive sampling technique was used to recruit 665 students from 19 chemistry departments in Nigerian universities. The students{\textquoteright} ability to solve open-ended problems was measured in terms of their performance and was found to be below average (< 50). The female students outperformed their male counterparts in the chemistry open-ended problem-solving test (ChemOPST). A strong positive correlation was found to exist between students{\textquoteright} working memory capacity and their performance in the ChemOPST. The research concludes on the need for experiential-based learning of chemical concepts which could help students build a knowledge base that is required to engage with problems that have real-life applications.},
	keywords = {chemistry problem-solving, open-ended problems, university students, working memory},
	issn = {1648-3898},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/jbse/20.19.142},
	url = {http://oaji.net/articles/2020/987-1581269978.pdf},
	author = {Johnson E. Upahi and Umesh Ramnarain}
}
