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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1999  > August  >
Research: Science and Education
Chemical Education Research
Active Learning and Cooperative Learning in the Organic Chemistry Lecture Class
Donald R. Paulson
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, CA 90032
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August 1999
Vol. 76 No. 8
p. 1136
Abstract
Faculty in the physical sciences are one of the academic groups least receptive to the use of active learning strategies and cooperative learning in their classrooms. This is particularly so in traditional lecture classes. It is the objective of this paper to show how effective these techniques can be in improving student performance in classes. The use of active learning strategies and cooperative learning groups in my organic chemistry lecture classes has increased the overall pass rate in my classes by an astounding 20-30% over the traditional lecture mode. This has been accomplished without any reduction in "standards". The actual methods employed are presented as well as a discussion of how I came to radically change the way I teach my classes.
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*  Citation
 Paulson, Donald R. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 1136.
*  Keywords
 Organic Chemistry; Teaching / Learning Aids; Chemical Education Research
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