A jigsaw classroom activity for learning IR analysis in organic chemistry

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1293-1294

  Jones, T Nicholas ^a   Graham, Kate J ^a   Schaller, Chris P ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative Cooperative Learning; IR Spectroscopy; Molecular Modeling; Organic Chemistry; Second Year Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866156490     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed200334n     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Bodner, G. M. J. Chem. Educ. 1986, 63, 873-877
2. Dinan, F. J.; Frydrychowski, V. A. J. Chem. Educ. 1995, 72, 429-431
3. Harvey, L. C.; Hodges, L. C Chem. Educator 1999, 4, 89-93
4. Browne, L. M.; Blackburn, E. V. J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 1104-1107
5. Paulson, D. R. J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 1136-1140
6. Spencer, J. N. J. Chem. Educ. 2006, 83, 528-533
7. For a brief history and discussion of the jigsaw approach see http://www.jigsaw.org. (accessed Jul 2012).
8. Seetjaraman, M.; Musier-Forsyth, K. J. Chem. Educ. 2003, 80, 1404-1407
9. Whitlock, C. R. Chem. Educator 2009, 14, 96-97
10. Davis-McGibony, C. M. J. Chem. Educ. 2010, 87, 409-411
11. Stokes-Huby, H.; Vitale, D. E. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 1486-1487
12. Students were able to retrieve authentic vibrational spectra from Sigma-Aldrich (http://sigmaaldrich.com) or Structural Database for Organic Compounds SDBS (http://riodb01.ibase.aist.go.jp/sdbs/cgi-bin/cre-index.cgi?lang= eng). (accessed Jul 2012).
13. Bennett, J.; Forster, T. J. Chem. Educ. 2010, 87, 73-77
14. Graham, K. G.; Johnson, B. J.; Jones, T. N.; McIntee, E. J.; Schaller, C. P. J. Chem. Educ. 2008, 85, 1644-1645
15. Milner-Bolotin, M. The Effects of Topic Choice in Project-Based Instruction on Undergraduate Physical Science Students' Interest, Ownership, And Motivation. Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, 2001.
16. Wood, C. M. J. Marketing Educ. 2003, 25, 240-249
17. Yager, R. E. Sci. Teach. 2000, 67, 44-45
18. Gutwill-Wise, J. P. J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78, 684-690
19. Fink, L. D. Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses. Jossey-Bass Publishers: San Francisco, CA, 2003.
20. Ram, P. J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 1122-1126
21. Hmelo-Silver, C. E. Educ. Psych. Rev. 2004, 16, 235-266