A Student-Centered First-Semester Introductory Organic Laboratory Curriculum Facilitated by Microwave-Assisted Synthesis (MAOS)

作者：Russell Cianan B; Mason Jeremy D; Bean Theodore G; Murphree S Shaun^*

来源：Journal of Chemical Education, 2014, 91(4): 511-517.

DOI：10.1021/ed400064f

• Second-Year Undergraduate
• Curriculum
• Laboratory Instruction
• Organic Chemistry
• Collaborative/Cooperative Learning
• Synthesis
• Epoxides
• Nucleophilic Substitution
• Student-Centered Learning

An instructional laboratory curriculum for a first-semester introductory organic chemistry course has been developed using microwave-assisted organic synthesis (MAOS). Taking advantage of short reaction times, materials were developed to facilitate collaborative experimental design, analysis, and debriefing of results during the normal laboratory period. Assessment results indicate that the new curriculum leads to more positive attitudes toward science, as well as enhanced retention of key concepts.

• 出版日期2014-4