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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2004  > August  >
Chemical Education Today
Commentary
The Problem with Organic Chemistry Labs
Jerry R. Mohrig
Department of Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057
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August 2004
Vol. 81 No. 8
p. 1083
Abstract
Despite the educational limitations of cookbook verification experiments, the majority of undergraduate organic chemistry laboratores are still based on them. What is so often missing in these labs is the opportunity for students to interpret their experimental results in the context of a real problem. We need to recast our projects and experiments so that questions serve as the basis for lab investigations. This question-driven, guided-inquiry approach to laboratory teaching will allow students to participate effectively in the process of experimental organic chemistry.
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*  Citation
 Mohrig, Jerry R. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 1083.
*  Keywords
 Inquiry-Based / Discovery Method; Laboratory Instruction; Organic Chemistry
*  History
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Last Updated:		 June 17, 2004
August 10, 2004
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