Resumen de ConfChem Conference on Mathematics in Undergraduate Chemistry Instruction: The Chem-Math Project
From 2005 to 2010, I conducted 80 min recitations for ∼20% of the general chemistry population who were identified and placed as underprepared or at-risk in the first semester, or who elected it as their assigned “group-learning experience” in the second semester. Action-research was used to determine the extent of mathematics remediation needed, the effectiveness of pedagogical techniques used, and the increase in students’ skills and confidence in course success as a result of our work together. Data for analysis included recorded student dialogue and individual interviews, survey data, students’ work on paper, and photos of group work on white-boards. This report summarizes paper 6 of the 8 invited papers to the ConfChem online conference on Mathematics in Undergraduate Chemistry Instruction, held from October 23 to November 27, 2017, and hosted by the ACS DivCHED Committee on Computers in Chemical Education (CCCE).
