They also deal with short answer type questions on course exams. Students learn individual and group problem solving and critical thinking skills by doing problems both in classroom and at home. Critical thinking skills are encouraged in many ways, one of which is by requesting student response to questions asked during the lecture. Students apply the scientific method in the set-up and solution of the problems designed to illustrate the chemical principle being taught. Students use models that explain the basic scientific phenomenon and relate it to everyday situation.
Students use conceptual and physical models to explore theory and relate it to preexisting concepts.
2. use the Periodic Table as a tool to extract relevant information concerning atomic structure and to predict chemical behavior.