Repurposing an Introductory Organic and Inorganic Laboratory Course from the Focus on Teaching Theory to the Focus on Teaching Practical Technique

Autor:	Christopher M. Pask, Kimberly Holmes, Nimesh Mistry, Gemma Brooke, Stephen A. Gorman
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Focus (computing) education ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Mathematics education Criticism General Chemistry Psychology Curriculum Outcome (game theory) Repurposing Education Course (navigation)
Zdroj:	Journal of Chemical Education. 98:1910-1918
ISSN:	1938-1328 0021-9584
DOI:	10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01210
Popis:	A traditional laboratory course with the primary learning outcome of improving students’ theoretical knowledge has received much criticism over the years due to the lack of evidence that these goals have achieved. We report our efforts to redesign a traditional first-year organic and inorganic (also known as synthetic) laboratory course from having a focus on teaching theory to the development of practical skills. With better alignment between the core learning outcomes of the course and the type of experiments embedded into the curriculum, we report that the redesigned course improved students’ practical skills from a number of measures, including students’ grades pre- and postcourse and from students’ self-assessment of core skills in synthetic chemistry.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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