Improving Introductory Chemistry

Introductory lecture: atmospheric chemistry in the Anthropocene.

The term "Anthropocene" was coined by Professor Paul Crutzen in 2000 to describe an unprecedented era in which anthropogenic activities are impacting planet Earth on a global scale. Greatly increased emissions into the atmosphere, reflecting the advent of the Industrial Revolution, have caused significant changes in both the lower and upper atmosphere. Atmospheric reactions of the anthropogenic...

Teaching Introductory Chemistry using Concept Development

Synthetic pathways and processes in green chemistry . Introductory overview *

1207 *Pure Appl. Chem. Vol. 72, No. 7, 2000. A special topic issue on green chemistry. This introductory overview is an outcome of activity by the Working Party on Synthetic Pathways and Processes in Green Chemistry of the IUPAC Commission on Physical Organic Chemistry; Membership: Pietro Tundo (Chairman), Paul Anastas, Masakazu Anpo (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan), David StC. Black (Chair...

Measuring and Improving Student Performance in an Introductory Programming Course

Students’ performances in introductory programming courses show large variation across students. There may be many reasons for these variations, such as methods of teaching, teacher competence in the subject, students’ coding backgrounds and abilities, students’ self-discipline, the teaching environment, and the resources available to students, all of which can affect student performance and ou...

Improving learning outcomes for first year introductory programming students

The first year transition to university can be particularly difficult for students in technical degree programmes such as Information Technology (IT). These programmes are generally acknowledged to have high attrition rates. It has been suggested that poor understanding of threshold concepts in introductory computer programming courses may be partly responsible for this attrition. The current p...