Chemistry Student Success: A Field-Tested, Evidence-Based Guide

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course design

We have organized the book into four related sections around the main theme of pedagogical practices to support student success in chemistry. In “Section 1: Enhancing Student Success in General Chemistry,” Fischer, Montes, Thomas, Odeleye, Teague, and Jensen share their individual experiences with various instructional techniques in the general chemistry classroom. Section 2 contains chapters from Williams and Koralegedara focusing on “Enhancing Student Success in Upper-Level Courses.” In Section 3 you will find accounts from Dipinto and Tournis, Fish and Cole, and Emmert on “Enhancing Student Success Via Outreach Experiences.” The book concludes with chapters from Flokstra and Hill, Eichler, and Rosenthal in “Section 4: Case Studies of Specific Strategies to Enhance Student Success.”

Chapters

  • Engaging Students Daily in General Chemistry
  • It’s Never Just One Thing: Progressive Development of Teaching and Learning
  • Developing an Active Learning Teaching Philosophy: Baptism by Fire
  • The Adventures of a First-Year Teaching-Emphasis Instructor
  • Focusing on Student Learning: Efforts at Multiple Levels
  • Reducing Attrition in General Chemistry by Redesigning the Class Format
  • Encouraging Civic-Mindedness in the Undergraduate Chemistry Classroom
  • Helping Students Take Responsibility in Their Own Learning Process: My Approaches, Failures, and Successes
  • “… It Was a Terrible Mistake!”
  • Demonstration Shows: High School Students Performing Science Outreach
  • The SLAM Program: Fostering Curiosity in Chemistry in a Rural North Carolina Middle School
  • Rock the First Day!
  • Case Studies in Chemistry: Engaging Students by Connecting Chemistry to Real World Issues
  • An Active-Learning Specific Heat Activity to Increase Comprehension and Problem Solving

Editors

Amy Flanagan Johnson,Eastern Michigan University

Oluwatobi O. Odeleye, Norman, Oklahoma

Reference

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bk-2020-1343

ACS Symposium Series Vol. 1343 ISBN13: 9780841236844

DOI: 10.1021/bk-2020-1343

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