Training OC
- The course design "Training OC" for training the application of basic concepts consists of four topics: formula language, structure-property relations, reaction mechanisms, and complex tasks that the students should solve with the conceptual knowledge they acquired in the first three topics. A main goal of the course was to enable the students to solve reaction mechanisms. To achieve the goals of the course, several games were specially designed and used. The course was conducted at a German university with ca. 30 students who participated voluntarily. The course was evaluated by several tools: students' products were collected in the course, there were two pre/post-tests, and additionally, interviews on the strategy of designing reaction mechanisms were conducted. The performance of the teacher and the self-assessment of the students were also part of the evaluation. The results of the written exam were compared with the results of the bachelor chemistry major students. The course "Training OC" was rated very well by the students.The course design "Training OC" for training the application of basic concepts consists of four topics: formula language, structure-property relations, reaction mechanisms, and complex tasks that the students should solve with the conceptual knowledge they acquired in the first three topics. A main goal of the course was to enable the students to solve reaction mechanisms. To achieve the goals of the course, several games were specially designed and used. The course was conducted at a German university with ca. 30 students who participated voluntarily. The course was evaluated by several tools: students' products were collected in the course, there were two pre/post-tests, and additionally, interviews on the strategy of designing reaction mechanisms were conducted. The performance of the teacher and the self-assessment of the students were also part of the evaluation. The results of the written exam were compared with the results of the bachelor chemistry major students. The course "Training OC" was rated very well by the students. They were of the opinion that they learned the application of basic concepts taught in this course. This is supported by the results of the evaluation and the written exams. The course concept of Training OC will therefore become a permanent part of the course "Organic Chemistry I" which will be redesigned for the next round in 2020-21.…
| Author details: | Jolanda HermannsORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00567 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9584 |
| ISSN: | 1938-1328 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Journal of chemical education |
| Subtitle (English): | A new course concept for training the application of basic concepts in organic chemistry |
| Publisher: | American Chemical Society. Division of Chemical Education |
| Place of publishing: | Washington |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2020/12/01 |
| Publication year: | 2021 |
| Release date: | 2022/08/31 |
| Tag: | Collaborative/Cooperative Learning; Humor/Puzzles/Games; Organic Chemistry; Second-Year Undergraduate |
| Volume: | 98 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Number of pages: | 11 |
| First page: | 374 |
| Last Page: | 384 |
| Funding institution: | Federal Ministry of Education and ResearchFederal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF); University of Potsdam |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
| Zentrale und wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen / Zentrum für Lehrerbildung und Bildungsforschung (ZeLB) | |
| DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 37 Bildung und Erziehung / 370 Bildung und Erziehung |
| 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften | |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
