Journal articleJournal of Chemical Education · April 14, 2026
This study explores the mechanistic reasoning strategies of students in Organic Chemistry I and II for elimination reactions. Interviews were conducted with 8 participants in Organic Chemistry I and 10 participants in Organic Chemistry II. The Organic Chem ...
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Journal articleJournal of Chemical Education · March 10, 2026
This article reports on a co-teaching model implemented in general chemistry laboratories and in general and organic chemistry discussion sessions. In the laboratory context, undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) were paired with graduate teaching assis ...
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Journal articleJournal of Chemical Education · August 12, 2025
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This review extends on previously reported findings in which students were asked to construct Reaction Coordinate Diagrams (RCDs) de novo. Instead of asking students to construct RCDs, this study explores students’ understanding of kinetics and thermodynam ...
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Journal articleChemistry Teacher International · June 1, 2025
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The study reports a comparison of two first-semester general chemistry cohorts who were provided with the same instruction and course materials, but the format for their online homework assignments differed. One cohort had homework assignments organized us ...
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Journal articleFrontiers in Education · January 1, 2025
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Creativity is pivotal for innovation across various domains, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The present study explores domain-specific creativity in organic chemistry by introducing the Divergent Skeletal Formula Task ( ...
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Journal articleJournal of Chemical Education · September 10, 2024
General chemistry is a foundational course designed, in part, to prepare students for organic chemistry and subsequent advanced chemistry courses. Models introduced in general chemistry, such as Lewis structures, resonance, and hybridization, are reiterate ...
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Journal articleJournal of Chemical Education · July 9, 2024
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Resonance structures are central representations in organic chemistry that explain trends in acidity, reactivity, geometry, and stability. Despite being a central representation, prior research findings have shown that students’ productive application of r ...
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Journal articleJournal of Chemical Education · June 11, 2024
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Correctly predicting the products and having a qualitative understanding of their ratios is a fundamental skill fostered in organic chemistry. This skill can involve the electron-pushing formalism (EPF) and reaction coordinate diagrams (RCDs). These repres ...
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Journal articleChemistry Education Research and Practice · September 1, 2023
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This study aimed to analyze second-semester organic chemistry students’ problem-solving strategies, specifically focusing on the resources activated while solving problems on E2, E1, and E1cB elimination reactions. Using the theoretical framework by Elby a ...
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Journal articleEducation Sciences · October 1, 2021
A new teaching assistant model was adopted and qualitatively assessed for the general chemistry laboratory, in which both an undergraduate and a graduate teaching assistant provided instruction to students during the lab. Verbal interactions between gradua ...
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Journal articleJournal of Chemical Education · June 8, 2021
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Polymer chemistry is essential within chemical education because of its applications in academic and industrial research, materials science, and across engineering disciplines. Teaching polymer chemistry principles early on in the undergraduate curriculum ...
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Journal articleCanadian Journal of Chemistry · January 1, 2020
The development of problem-solving skills — particularly with stoichiometry concepts — is paramount for succeeding in a general chemistry sequence. Key concepts related to problem solving and stoichiometry were analyzed and reported in this paper. The stud ...
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Journal articleEducation Sciences · August 15, 2019
To gauge the variability in expert problem-solving strategies for stoichiometry problems, a set of experts in different career tracks were studied with the cohort including 17 graduate students in chemistry, three college chemistry instructors, and ...
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Journal articleJournal of Chemical Education · December 11, 2018
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An advanced undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory experiment involving a rhodium-catalyzed intermolecular hydrocarbon C-H oxidation reaction is described. In the initial phase of this lab, students conduct a C-H amination reaction of ethylbenzene and ...
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Journal articleJournal of Chemical Education · August 14, 2018
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Problem solving and critical thinking are buzzwords used in defining general chemistry learning goals. Assessments including well-structured homework, quizzes, and exams are designed and incorporated to build these skills. Our research expanded upon the ty ...
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Journal articleThe Journal of organic chemistry · June 2003
Mono- and bis-pyrene malonates 1 and 2 were synthesized and reacted with C(60) to prepare the corresponding Bingel adducts 3 and 4. These compounds were characterized electrochemically and exhibited the well-established retrocyclopropanation reaction when ...
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