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In the Laboratory
Peer-Developed and Peer-Led Labs in General Chemistry
Lorena Tribe
Division of Science, Pennsylvania State University–Berks Campus, Reading, PA 19610

Kim Kostka
Chemistry Department, University of Wisconsin–Rock County, Janesville, WI 53546

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June 2007
Vol. 84 No. 6
p. 1031

Abstract
We report here a student-developed and student-led laboratory curriculum as a model for producing a more student-centered and rich laboratory experience in general chemistry laboratories. With this model we have increased student engagement in first-year chemistry laboratories, given students a better opportunity to see how chemists look at problems, and provided an introduction to research. Through this experience, all the benefits of cooperative learning accrue to our students and they get the opportunity to practice oral and written communication skills in a science arena. We believe this model has created more student investment and engagement than we have seen in more traditional “lab project plus report” formats.
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Tribe, Lorena; Kostka, Kim. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 1031.
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Keywords
Acids / Bases; Collaborative / Cooperative Learning; Electrochemistry; Equilibrium; First-Year Undergraduate / General; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Learning; Kinetics; Laboratory Instruction; Laboratory Management; Second-Year Undergraduate; Student-Centered Learning; Thermodynamics
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5/3/2007
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