Students provide written or oral solutions to these problems in both individual and group format. They must 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 the classroom settings during the lecture. Critical thinking skills are encouraged in many ways, one of which is by requesting student response to questions asked during the lecture. Students use models that explain the basic scientific phenomenon an relate it to everyday situations.
Students use conceptual and physical models to explore theory and relate it to preexisting concepts.
Graded activities are designed to measure student s abilities to use higher order thinking skills in their understanding and applying of chemical concepts. A comprehensive final exam is required . Divisional Assessment Chemistry 1411 will be assessed every 5 years in the fall. The committee will develop a time- line to monitor the assessment process during the five year cycle to ensure that assessment activities are occurring in order to have sufficient data to undertake a formal assessment at the end of the cycle. An attitudinal survey addressing students career and professional goals and perceptions of the quality and usefulness of the course.