One group member functions as Group Leader and the other as Assistant for one experiment and the roles reverse for the other experiment. The Group Leader has primary responsibility for experiment design and performance and leads the discussion during the Planning Conference. The Assistant helps out with the experiment and uses the results to solve a simple design problem assigned specifically to that person. The Formal Report is marked and returned to the student for revision. Grammatical and style problems are addressed by referring the student to the appropriate chapter in The Chemist's English and letting the student make his or her own revision.
Students give two oral reports.
The student's oral performance is graded by one or more instructors and each student meets individually with an instructor to review his or her oral report.