By Amber Richardson on October 2, 2015
Editor’s note: This guest post comes from Amber Richardson, a UBC chemistry undergraduate who spent part of the past year researching study strategies for organic chemistry. One of the products of her research is a fantastic study guide! Students interested in using the guide can download a copy for personal use (not for distribution) here: Richardson 2015 […]
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By Jane Maxwell on June 5, 2015
“An improved design for in-class review,” has just been published in the Journal of College Science Teaching! I will post more on this later, but for now you can access the full text here. Abstract: We present the theory and implementation of a review strategy based on testing rather than lecturing. We also show the results […]
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By Jane Maxwell on June 4, 2015
Thanks to everyone who attended the workshop on this topic on June 2! The following post summarizes the major points of the workshop (minus the truly awful demonstration by Jane). You can also download a pdf version of this resource here. Make a prediction: Which of the following resources will lead to the most learning: […]
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