Introductory organic chemistry with instrumental analysis: A third year high school chemistry course

Liebermann, John

doi:10.1021/ed062p321

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“…One school claims to have taught the subject since as early as 1843, which would have been contemporaneous with Friedrich Wöhler himself . Over the years, occasional anecdotes and articles have appeared in this Journal documenting occurrences of high school courses devoted to a special focus on organic chemistry. , These have ranged from courses that are entirely dedicated to covering topics typically found in a college-level sophomore organic class , to courses that spend a significant portion of their time considering organic chemistry . Usually, these are second-year chemistry classes.…”

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Teaching an Introductory Organic Chemistry Class for High School Students

2020

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A dual-enrollment course was designed in which the elementary concepts of organic chemistry were introduced to high school students. Students were assessed at the end of the term using an American Chemical Society (ACS) standardized exam. The same exam was given to corresponding traditional on-campus sections of the same class taught by the same professor. Intriguingly, when dual-enrollment students’ performance was compared with the performance of the traditional on-campus students studying the same content, no statistical difference was detected. Moreover, the dual-enrollment students have scored at a level significantly higher than the nationwide averages advertised by the Examinations Committee of the ACS.

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