Undergraduate participation in the development of a research module for organic laboratory

CHED 109

Christine Toh, ctoh1@uic.edu1, Menaka Lunda, lunda@uic.edu2, Duncan J. Wardrop, wardropd@uic.edu3, David Dickson, ddickson@uic.edu2, and Donald J. Wink, dwink@uic.edu4. (1) Department of Chemistry, Unversity of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Room 4500, Chicago, IL 60607-7061, (2) Department of Chemistry (MC 111), Unversity of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Room 4500, Chicago, IL 60607, (3) Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, 845 W. Taylor Street, Room 4500, Chicago, IL 60607-7061, (4) Department of Chemistry (MC 111), University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607
The development of a research module for use in the organic laboratory, done under the auspices as part of the Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education (CASPiE), will be described. The module involves an environment within which students explore the chemistry associated with reduction of substrates anchored on solid phase supports. Undergraduate work was critical to the development of this project, providing another example of the way in which undergraduates can contribute to research and to the design of research environments. Different stages of participation, from testing of procedures through leading of peer groups in the actual teaching of the module, will be described.
 

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