A traditional two-semester physical chemistry course is taught using guided inquiry activities and collaborative learning teams (POGIL) coupled with online homework and “clickers” (personal responders). Perhaps counterintuitively, forgoing lecture for guided inquiry and team learning has proven to be vital to keeping students engaged as our class sizes have grown from 40-60 students up to 70-140 students. Regular practice and feedback via online homework (LON-CAPA, Learning Online Network - Computer Assisted Personalized Approach) and clickers give students multiple opportunities to apply the concepts they learn during class. Student results from ACS exam scores, semester exam scores, and journal discussions will be presented.

Learning by doing: Teaching physical chemistry using guided inquiry with frequent feedback

249th National Meeting (2015)

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