CHED 468 |
| The primary aim of this project is for students to demonstrate their ability to write reasonable mechanisms for reactions depicted in the recent chemical literature that relate to an Organic I Chemistry course. In addition to this goal, students are instructed in the proper use of good scientific writing principles for summarizing and discussing organic chemistry literature. Further, it is the intent of this project to promote and provide an opportunity for students to apply knowledge of organic chemistry reactions to the reading and comprehension of related organic chemistry articles. Students select an appropriate article, provide a brief summary of the objectives of the investigators, discuss the reaction conditions, results and conclusions and then write a mechanism for a reaction presented in the article that is covered in the Organic I course. Preliminary results from this project have been analyzed for multiple sections and consecutive semesters of an Organic I Chemistry course. |
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Writing in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum
1:30 PM-4:20 PM, Wednesday, 13 September 2006 San Francisco Marriott -- Salon 10, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |