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| The goal of this project was to develop a battery of assessments to determine whether deeper understanding of one instrumental concept, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), increases students' abilities to solve other chemical problems. The NSF funds many undergraduate programs each year, and there is increasing demand to evaluate effectiveness of curricula developed from this support. This project tracks students' responses to NMR materials, integrated over several laboratory courses, using assessments for the constructs of understanding, confidence and problem-solving ability. Our NMR instructional modules, each course specific, were developed to give undergraduates hands-on experience, in addition to a more in-depth discussion of particular NMR topics. Written assignments and online surveys were used to assess key constructs. All data was analyzed quantitatively using methods adapted from the educational literature. This data was used to support or disprove the hypothesis that problem-solving ability will increase as students gain a deeper understanding of NMR. |
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Academic Employment Initiative
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Monday, August 20, 2007 BCEC -- Exhibit Hall - B2, Sci-Mix
Academic Employment Initiative |