Advances in Teaching Organic Chemistry

Content: PREFACE ; 1. DISCOVERY-BASED LABS FOR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: OVERVIEW AND EFFECTIVENESS ; NORMA DUNLAP AND LEAH J. MARTIN ; 2. A DECADE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH-INSPIRED ORGANIC LABORATORY ; RENEWAL ; ANDREW P. DICKS ; 3. FLUOROPHORES, FLUORESCENT POLYMERS, AND ENERGY TRANSFER IN AN ; UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY SETTING ; MINDY LEVINE AND PATRICK MARKS ; 4. INTRODUCING SCIENTIFIC WRITING IN A SECOND SEMESTER ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ; LABORATORY COURSE ; ALLISON A. SCHMITT AND JAMES A. PARISE ; 5. ENGAGING THE MASSES: ENCOURAGING ALL STUDENTS TO "BUY INTO" THE ORGANIC ; CHEMISTRY "PROGRAM" ; N. E. SCHORE ; 6. USE OF NEURAL SCAFFOLDING TO IMPROVE COMPREHENSION OF ORGANIC ; CHEMISTRY IN A SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION SETTING ; CONNIE GABEL, DUSTIN POLITICA, AND ROSEMARIE WALKER ; 7. WHAT'S WRONG WITH CARBONYL CHEMISTRY? ; SCOTT T. HANDY ; 8. PREDICTABILITY OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY STUDENTS' FINAL COURSE GRADES USING ; FOUR-WEEK AVERAGES ; J. T. WASACZ, K. A. O. PACHECO, AND J. O. SCHRECK ; 9. HISTORICAL EXAMPLES INTEGRATED INTO THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM ; KEVIN M. BUCHOLTZ ; 10. BLENDING ORGANIC AND GENERAL CHEMISTRY: A UNIFIED AND HOLISTIC ; CURRICULUM REFORM EFFORT ; DAVID P. CARTRETTE AND MATTHEW L. MILLER ; 11. REVAMPING A SECOND SEMESTER ORGANIC COURSE TO MEET THE NEW ACS ; BIOCHEMISTRY REQUIREMENTS ; JETTY DUFFY-MATZNER AND JARED R. MAYS ; 12. ENABLING 21ST CENTURY STUDENT SUCCESS IN UNDERGRADUATE ORGANIC ; CHEMISTRY ; DAVID P. PURSELL, JOSEPH C. SLOOP, RICHARD L. PENNINGTON, JULIA B. PAREDES, ; MAI YIN TSOI, AND SONAL DEKHANE ; 13. USING SHORT VIDEOS TO SUPPLEMENT LECTURES ON REACTION MECHANISMS, ; ORGANIC SPECTROSCOPY, AND POLYMER CHEMISTRY ; ARNO KRAFT, EMMA S. RANKIN, AND VALERIA ARRIGHI ; 14. PODCASTING IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ; MICHAEL D. MOSHER ; EDITORS' BIOGRAPHIES ; INDEXES ; AUTHOR INDEX ; SUBJECT INDEX