[dr Katarina B. Putica]

Innovation center, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd
Department of Chemical Education

Phone:   011-3336698

Phone (local):   698

Office:   515

E-mail:   puticakatarina@gmail.com

Personal data

Born in Šabac in 1984. Speaks English, Italian and French language.

Education and qualifications

2003-2007: Undergraduate studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2010-2011: Master academic (MSc) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

2011-2017: Doctoral academic (PhD) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)

History of employment

2011-2014: Graduate researcher / Innovative Centre of the Faculty of Chemistry in Belgrade, Ltd. (Belgrade, Serbia)

2015: Associate researcher / Innovative Centre of the Faculty of Chemistry in Belgrade, Ltd. (Belgrade, Serbia)

2019: Scientific associate / Innovative Centre of the Faculty of Chemistry in Belgrade, Ltd. (Belgrade, Serbia)

Scientific interest

Chemistry and science education-promotion of students' scientific literacy through implementation of innovative teaching approaches and development of novel diagnostic instruments for the assessment of students' conceptual understanding and detection of misconceptions

Awards and merits

2008: Djordje Stefanovic
Award for the best student in the generation of the study group Biochemistry

Other activities

Member of Serbian Chemical Society from 2008 - Section for chemical education.

Participation in research projects

Finished projects:

  • 2011: – 179048
    project type:   National Fundamental Research Projects
    project is funded by: Ministry of Science and Technological Development (Belgrade, Serbia)

Author identification numbers

Representative references

Putica, K. B. (2022). Development and Validation of a Four-Tier Test for the Assessment of Secondary School Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Amino Acids, Proteins, and Enzymes. Research in Science Education, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-022-10075-5

 

Putica. K. (2022). Development of conceptual understanding of physical and chemical changes at the macroscopic, submicroscopic and symbolic level: a cross-age study. Croatian Journal of Education, 24(1), 161-188. https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v24i1.4115

 

Putica, K. B. & Ralević, L. R. (2022). Unapređivanje hemijske pismenosti učenika osnovnih škola kroz kontekstualni pristup obradi nastavne jedinice Alkani. Inovacije u nastavi, 35(1), 91-100. https://doi.org/10.5937/inovacije2201091P

 

Katarina Putica, Dragica D. Trivic, Cognitive apprenticeship as a vehicle for enhancing the understanding and functionalization of organic chemistry knowledge, Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 17 (2016), 172-196.

 

Katarina B. Putica, Dragica D. Trivić, Improving high-school students’ conceptual understanding and functionalization of knowledge about digestion through the application of the interdisciplinary teaching approach, Journal of Baltic Science Education, 16 (2017), 123-139.