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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2005  > September  >
In the Classroom
Interlaboratory Collaborations in the Undergraduate Setting
Elise G. Megehee, Alison Hyslop, and Richard J. Rosso
Department of Chemistry, St. John's University, Queens, NY 11439
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September 2005
Vol. 82 No. 9
p. 1345
Abstract
We have developed a novel approach for undergraduate laboratory education termed "interlaboratory collaboration" in which students in distinct laboratory courses are responsible for different aspects of a single project that spans these courses. This approach attempts to model the industrial workplace where separate groups are responsible for different aspects of a project. By having students synthesize or study a set of different compounds the students within a class can compare their data and investigate trends in chemical reactivity or physical properties. Students enrolled in both an inorganic synthesis and a physical chemistry laboratory course concurrently are assigned compounds to analyze that they did not synthesize. At the end of this process students share their findings with their peers. The approach has been well received by students and faculty, alike.
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*  Citation
 Megehee, Elise G.; Hyslop, Alison; Rosso, Richard J. J. Chem. Educ. 2005 82 1345.
*  Keywords
 Collaborative / Cooperative Learning; Interdisciplinary / Multidisciplinary; Laboratory Instruction
*  History
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Last Updated:		 August 2, 2005
August 10, 2005
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