The NSF-funded POGIL-PCL project implements the principles of Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) in order to improve student learning in the physical chemistry laboratory (PCL) course. POGIL principles have been used to develop inquiry-based physical chemistry experiments that emphasize macroscopic and molecular models of chemical phenomena. Project results include physical chemistry experiments in areas such as chemical kinetics, phase transition behavior, equilibrium thermodynamics, spectroscopy, and computational chemistry. We have created of a community of instructors who are currently collaborating on generating POGIL-PCL experiments and implementing them in a variety of environments. We discuss the general structure of a POGIL physical chemistry experiment with specific examples that are being tested with students, give an overview of future workshops and experiments under development, and describe the implementation and effectiveness of these experiments.  The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the NSF DUE 1044624.

Development and implementation of guided inquiry experiments for physical chemistry

246th National Meeting (2013)

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