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
- ORCID: 0000-0002-5609-2368
- ResearcherID: R-6324-2016
- Scopus: 57193450268
- Faculty of Chemistry Repository Cherry
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/s11165-022-10075-5Putica. 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.