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Computer Bulletin Board
Using Inexpensive "Find and Circle" Word Search Software in the Study of Chemical Nomenclature
Jerome Mullin and Pamela Courtney
University of New England, Biddeford, ME 04005
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June 1996
Vol. 73 No. 6
p. A131
Abstract
Inexpensive "word search" software that constructs a scrambled two-dimensional letter matrix from a list of words is used to construct puzzles that students may use as practice exerecises when learning chemical nomenclature. After first constructing a puzzle from a list of chemical names, an instructor may provide students with a formula list rather than the original name list, forcing students to determine the name of each species represented by the given formulae before finding the names in the letter matrix. The goal of using such puzzles is to provide a bit of variety to beginning chemistry students and reduce the tedium of memorizing chemical names.
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 Jerome Mullin and Pamela Courtney. J. Chem. Educ. 1996 73 A131.
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