By Jane M on January 12, 2017
Years ago, UBC’s non-majors Organic Chemistry course, CHEM 233, used to strike fear in the hearts of undergraduates. However, Ubyssey reporter and recent CHEM 233 student Rocio Hollmann suggests that recent changes to the course, including the adoption of a “flipped” learning sequence, have rendered that reputation obsolete. “There have been many changes to get CHEM 233 […]
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By Jane Maxwell on October 28, 2015
An article describing the development, testing, and evaluation of a new guided-inquiry experiment for UBC’s second-year analytical chemistry course (CHEM 211) has just been published in the Journal of Chemical Education! The CHEM 211 labs have seen many exciting changes over the past few years, including the introduction of several guided-inquiry experiments in which students research and develop their own […]
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