Chemists routinely use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra to support their social discourse about submicroscopic entities and processes. The ability to use words to communicate about NMR spectral features is thus an essential aspect of chemists’ representational competence. Collectively, these words constitute a highly specialized language specific to this technique. To adequately prepare chemists, the undergraduate curriculum should thus aim to cultivate students’ ability to use this lexicon for communication. We have developed and evaluated a series of assessment tools targeting introductory organic chemistry students' ability to use words to communicate the identification, analysis, and interpretation of features within <sup>1</sup>H NMR spectra. Results of this evaluation have a range of implications for future instruction and assessment focusing on this technique.

Assessing lexical representational competence in <sup>1</sup>H NMR spectroscopy

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Assessing lexical representational competence in 1H NMR spectroscopy

Assessing lexical representational competence in ¹H NMR spectroscopy