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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2001  > January  >
In the Laboratory
Modification of Small-Scale One-Pot Reactions to an Inquiry-Based Laboratory Exercise
C. Jayne Wilcox
Department of Chemistry, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL 60067-7398
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January 2001
Vol. 78 No. 1
p. 62
Abstract
I have modified small-scale, one-pot reactions reported in the literature to a guided inquiry approach. These reactions involve aqueous ionic equilibria centered around three different cations. Each cation has its own set of self-contained reactions that occur in sequence in just one test tube, on a small scale. In this modification, students are given an initial handout and asked to complete a short, attention-getting exercise. They must continue to work on logical, short exercises given to them one at a time, in handout format, in order to complete the entire laboratory exercise. The inquiry-based approach is intended to increase students' comprehension of what they're doing in the laboratory and why they're doing it. The exercise is suitable for first-year college-level general chemistry students.
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 Wilcox, C. Jayne. J. Chem. Educ. 2001 78 62.
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 Laboratory Instruction; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Method; General Chemistry; Aqueous Solution Chemistry
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