There is evidence that “flipping” a class and involving students in active-learning activities during class time results in enhanced performance by students in STEM courses. We have flipped a general chemistry class by using existing learning materials, making it much easier to go from lecture-centric to student-centric learning methods. We assigned textbook study as the principal source of new content, developed active-learning activities that promote student-student and student-instructor interaction, and prepared mastery learning activities that require students to apply what they have learned to new chemical problems. These materials were used in a large-enrollment general chemistry course, Chemistry 109, Advanced General Chemistry. Both qualitative and quantitative evaluations indicate that the active-learning sessions were successful.

Flip your general chemistry class the easy way

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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