Enhancing POGIL activities with online homework

CHED 43

Diane Krone, kroned@optonline.net, Science Department, Northern Highlands Regional High School, 298 Hillside Avenue, Allendale, NJ 07401 and Bettyann Howson, chemphun@optonline.net, Science Department, Chatham High School, 255 Lafayette Avenue, Chatham, NJ 07928.
Online homework systems foster student initiative and resposibility and reinforce conceptual understanding and newly acquired skills. Programs that focus on the problem solving process and conceptual understanding enhance POGIL learning. We will discuss how online homework activities reinforce POGIL learning for high school students.