Enhancing Retention in Introductory Chemistry Courses: Teaching Practices and Assessments

Heather B. Miller, M. Todd Knippenberg, Rachel G. Augustine, Uma Swamy, Jennifer Bartman, Saul R. Trevino, Elizabeth Trevino, Mary Osterloh, Suely Meth Black, Jessica M. Fautch, Langdon J. Martin, A. M. R. P. Bopegedera, Nicole Lapeyrouse, Cherie Yestrebsky, Jayashree Ranga, Supaporn Kradtap Hartwell, Marguerite H., Supaporn Kradtap Hartwell, Tanya Gupta, Supaporn Kradtap Hartwell, Tanya Gupta

• Publisher: American Chemical Society
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN:
  9780841235113
• Print ISBN:
  9780841235113

Table of contents

• Enhancing Retention in Introductory Chemistry Courses: Teaching Practices and Assessments
• ACS Symposium Series1330
• Foreword
• Student-Centered Teaching Practices and Assessments to Enhance Retention: An Introduction
• Strategies, Techniques, and Impact of Transitional Preparatory Courses for At-Risk Students in General Chemistry
• Implementing Metacognitive Writing in a Large Enrollment Gateway Chemistry Class
• Improving First-Semester General Chemistry Student Success Through Retrieval Practice
• Scaffolding Underprepared Students’ Learning in General Chemistry I: Approach and Assessment
• Adaptive Learning Technology in General Chemistry: Does It Support Student Success?
• Introducing Components of Specifications Grading to a General Chemistry I Course
• Preventing Mole Concepts and Stoichiometry from Becoming “Gatekeepers” in First Year Chemistry Courses
• Adaptation and Assessment of a Gradual Release of Responsibility Model for a Large-Enrollment General Chemistry Course
• Reflection Activities in General Chemistry Laboratories: An Active Learning Strategy to Connect Laboratories with Lectures
• Changing Instructor Attitudes and Behaviors to Support Student Learning and Retention
• Strategies to Prevent Cognitive Overload: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Student Success and Persistence in a Gateway Introductory Chemistry Course
• Acknowledgments
• Editors’ Biographies
• Indexes
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• Student-Centered Teaching Practices and Assessments to Enhance Retention: An Introduction
• Strategies, Techniques, and Impact of Transitional Preparatory Courses for At-Risk Students in General Chemistry
• Implementing Metacognitive Writing in a Large Enrollment Gateway Chemistry Class
• Improving First-Semester General Chemistry Student Success Through Retrieval Practice
• Scaffolding Underprepared Students’ Learning in General Chemistry I: Approach and Assessment
• Adaptive Learning Technology in General Chemistry: Does It Support Student Success?
• Introducing Components of Specifications Grading to a General Chemistry I Course
• Preventing Mole Concepts and Stoichiometry from Becoming “Gatekeepers” in First Year Chemistry Courses
• Adaptation and Assessment of a Gradual Release of Responsibility Model for a Large-Enrollment General Chemistry Course
• Reflection Activities in General Chemistry Laboratories: An Active Learning Strategy to Connect Laboratories with Lectures
• Changing Instructor Attitudes and Behaviors to Support Student Learning and Retention
• Strategies to Prevent Cognitive Overload: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Student Success and Persistence in a Gateway Introductory Chemistry Course
• Acknowledgments
• Editors’ Biographies
• Indexes
• Author Index
• Subject Index