Improving the Success of First Term General Chemistry Students at a Liberal Arts Institution
| Autor: | Kari L. Stone, Sarah E. Shaner, Carol M. Fendrick |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Medical education Liberal arts education Public Administration 010405 organic chemistry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050301 education Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Gateway (computer program) 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Education Computer Science Applications Term (time) general chemistry preparatory general chemistry retention learning assistants Intervention (law) Developmental and Educational Psychology Computer Science (miscellaneous) Institution ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Chemistry (relationship) 0503 education Curriculum media_common |
| Zdroj: | Education Sciences; Volume 8; Issue 1; Pages: 5 |
| ISSN: | 2227-7102 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/educsci8010005 |
| Popis: | General Chemistry is a high impact course at Benedictine University where a large enrollment of ~250 students each year, coupled with low pass rates of a particularly vulnerable student population from a retention point of view (i.e., first-year college students), make it a strategic course on which to focus innovative pedagogical development. Although our institution is not alone in the challenges that this particular course presents, we have prioritized implementing interventional strategies targeting academically underprepared students to increase their success by providing a preparatory course prior to this gateway course. Focusing on the persistence framework to guide curricular decisions, progress towards aligning our general chemistry curriculum to the academic profile of our students has afforded much higher pass rates than even two years ago. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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