CHED 517 |
| In a POGIL laboratory students work in small, self-managed groups to conduct experiments rather than verification exercises. The instructor poses a focus question or question of the day (How is the molecular weight of a substance related to its boiling point? What role might solvent play in nucleophilic aliphatic substitution reactions? When an alcohol reacts as a base what role might substituents play?), and each group proposes a set of tentative answers. To test these hypotheses, teams follow a three-stage learning cycle paradigm and collect data (run reactions, make measurements, take spectra), pool, organize, and, with the aid of in-lab and post-lab questions, analyze the data for trends and meaning. Supported by the pooled data, students develop theories, which are then applied to new systems. This presentation will describe the criteria for POGIL experiments and illustrate their application to courses in general and organic chemistry. |
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Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)
1:00 PM-4:25 PM, Thursday, August 23, 2007 Seaport -- Plaza B, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |