CHEM-Start, a summer intensive boot-camp preparation for general chemistry was instituted at the University of the Incarnate Word, a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). CHEM-Start used a two-week, half-day course format combining faculty guidance with online software (ALEKS: Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces) providing a customized experience for each student. Chemical Principles I (general chemistry) students who completed the CHEM-Start program in its first year had a 79% pass rate in comparison to 52% for those who did not. Additionally, the rate of A/B grade production for the CHEM-Start students was twice that of the non-CHEM-start general chemistry students.

CHEM-Start summer preparation for general chemistry at a Hispanic serving institution

251st National Meeting (2016)

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