Selected Publications:
Shwartz, Y., Eidin, E., Marchak, D., Kesner, M., Avraham Green, N., Marom, E., Cahen, D., Hofstein A. & Dori, Y.J. (2020) A Holistic Approach to Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry Education in Israel. In: "Creating a Balanced World: Incorporating Sustainability into Chemical Education". American Chemical Society (ACS), Symposium Series Volume, Chapter 10, pp 125-160.
Marchak, D. & Shvarts-Serebro, I. (2021) The Multidisciplinary Learning Grid: A Conceptual Space to Develop Neuropedagogy-based, Arts-integrated Chemistry Activities. In The Arts of the Grid: Interdisciplinary Insights on Gridded Modalities in Conversation with the Arts. Edited by: Liora Bigon, Nava Shaked. Art History series. Berlin: De Gruyter, Chapter 14, pp 204-224.
Marchak, D., Shvarts-Serebro, I. & Blonder, R. (2021). Crafting molecular geometries: Implications of neuro-pedagogy on teaching chemical content. Journal of Chemical Education, 98 (4), 1321-1327
Marchak, D., Shvarts-Serebro, I. & Blonder, R. (2021) Teaching Chemistry by a Creative Approach - Adapting a Teachers’ Course for Active Remote Learning. Journal of Chemical Education, 98 (9), 2809-2819
Marchak, D., Kesner, M. & Frailich, M. (2023) Integrating Web-Based Learning to Make Industrial and Everyday Life Chemistry Accessible to High School Chemistry Students. In: “Digital Learning and Teaching in Chemistry: An International and Inclusive Approach”. Edited by: Yehudit Judy Dori, Courtney Ngai, and Gabriela Szteinberg, a Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Chapter 11, pp 127-140.
Eidin, E., & Marchak, D. (2025). The World Needs Phosphates, But Who is Going to Pay the Price? In “Justice-Oriented Science Teaching and Learning: Anchoring Phenomena in Secondary Classrooms”. Edited by: D. Steele & A. Mercier, Springer Nature.
Marchak, D., Blonder, R., & Jones, G. (2025) Overview. Chapter in “Aesthetics, Affect, and Making Meaning in Science Education” (1st ed.). Edited by: Wickman, P. O., Prain, V., & Tytler, R. Routledge.
Rap, S., Blonder, R., Bodas, M., & Marchak, D. (2025). Can chemistry knowledge influence student behavior? A neuropedagogy-based intervention as good practice to address cognitive and affective learning factors. Chemistry Teacher International, 2025.
Marchak, D., Kesner, M., Rosenfeld, S., & Blonder, R. (2026). Exploring motivational mechanisms to learn in a national chemistry projects competition: lessons from a retrospective study. Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research, 8(1), 8.
Marchak, D., Shvarts-Serebro, I., & Traube, T. (2026). Design and Implementation of a Neuropedagogy-Based Intervention to Foster Organic Chemistry-Related Visual Literacy Skills. Journal of Chemical Education, 103, 1, 212–222.
Shvalb, A. & Marchak, D. (2026 - accepted). Creating Visuals as Ways of Knowing in Undergraduate Polymer Chemistry - Reflections on a Neuropedagogy-based Approach to Infographics as Epistemic Practices. Journal of Visual Literacy, Special Issue on Visual Creativity.
Publications for the Israeli Chemistry Teachers Professional Journal “Alchemy” (in Hebrew):
Sfrinchak, E., Shenar, I., Marchak, D. & Teitelbaum, D. (2025). Chemistry, what to do with it? Alchemy, 42. 31-33. (in Hebrew, ״כימיה, מה עושים עם זה?״)
https://chemcenter.weizmann.ac.il/_Uploads/dbsAttachedFiles/42-31-masa.pdf
Sachyani, D., & Marchak, D., (2023). We Have Click Chemistry! Alchemy, 40. 28-33. (in Hebrew, ״יש לנו כימיה בקליק!״)
https://chemcenter.weizmann.ac.il/_Uploads/dbsAttachedFiles/klick.pdf#page=6.00
Mamlok-Naaman, R., Marchak, D., Akons, S. (2022). Stepping out of your comfort zone - What did chemistry teachers discover during the coronavirus pandemic? Alchemy, 37. 15-18. (in Hebrew, ״ יציאה מאזור הנוחות - מה גילו מורים לכימיה בתקופת הקורונה?״)
https://chemcenter.weizmann.ac.il/_Uploads/dbsAttachedFiles/37-15-18.pdf
Marchak, D., (2019). Chemistry and Art in a Community Meeting. Alchemy, 33-34. 16-21. (in Hebrew, ״כימיה ואומנות במפגש קהילתי״)
https://chemcenter.weizmann.ac.il/_Uploads/dbsAttachedFiles/16.pdf
