CASPiE at College of DuPage: Undergraduate research at a two-year institution

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Susan Shih, shihsu@cod.edu, Carolyn Dockus, dockus@cod.edu, and Mary Newberg, newberg@cod.edu. Natural Science Division, College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599
College of DuPage, a Chicago area community college is one of the original participants in the CASPiE program. We are implementing it in both General Chemistry 2 and Organic Chemistry 2 as an integral part of the laboratory experience. Research experience at this level is a challenge at any institution and utilizing the PLTL model is especially problematic in the second year course here. The challenges and rewards we have experienced in the past year and a half will be discussed, including student response to this project.