CHED 257 |
| The Science Writing Heuristic (developed by Thomas Greenbowe at Iowa State University) provides a framework for both the laboratory structure and the laboratory report that results in a more inquiry-based experience for the students. We began using the Science Writing Heuristic during the 2005-2006 academic year in our General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis labs. We found from that experience that the SWH method allowed us to provide a more inquiry-based approach to our laboratories with little modification of the labs themselves. During this second year of implementation, we are interested in determining what impact prior exposure to SWH has on students enrolled in subsequent chemistry lab courses. Specifically, we are investigating whether students in the second-year Organic Chemistry lab and the senior research program view their laboratory experience as an exploration of new ideas or merely as a verification of predetermined conclusions. |
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Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)
8:30 AM-11:35 AM, Monday, March 26, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N231, Level 2, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |