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POGIL-IC: an ideal context for developing problem solving skills John Goodwin and Darlene Slusher Coastal Carolina University David Hanson – Stony Brook University Tom Gilbert – Northeastern University

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Preparation, use, and testing of a new series of advanced POGIL general chemistry activities that use interdisciplinary contextual themes as a way to introduce problems, and then to improve problem-solving skills. Solving Real Problems with Chemistry workbook includes Cu-Ag-Au “help pages” for instructors to distribute to guide students in problem solving methodologies, and to engage students in metacognitive reflection about the problem solving skills they are developing. HELP = GUIDED PROBLEM SOLVING

POGIL-IC Activities at Coastal Carolina University 

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Interspersed with POGIL (content focused) modules used in lecture class (Hanson’s “Foundations of Chemistry” in our case) – roughly one per chapter – organized group activities As a recap/integration of chemical models with problem-solving emphasis Pose questions that require identification and application of chemical models – problem solving “Take Home Quiz Problems” and “Practice Quiz Problems”

POGIL-IC Activities at Coastal Carolina University 

Currently experimenting with an adaptation of Tom Gilbert’s COAST(AL) problemsolving method       

Collect Organize Analyze Solve Test Assess Learn

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Title and Introduction Prerequisite Knowledge Learning Outcomes The Problem Solve the Problem and Document Your Solution Does Your Answer Make Sense? Building Your Problem Solving Skills Got It! Help Sections   

Cu Help Ag Help Au Help

Solving Real Problems with Chemistry (Pacific Crest) • Pre-market edition is currently being tested by ~1300 students (FA08-SP09) • Contains 18 Activities corresponding to two semesters of general chemistry • Instructors receive Cu-Ag-Au help-page files and solutions to problems and “Got It!” questions through restricted website • Preview at http://www.pcrest2.com/srpc • Brochures and samples here today • First edition available Fall 2009

A sample activity

A sample activity

A sample activity help page

A sample activity

New Directions with Assessment of Student Problem-Solving 

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Stony-Brook team has created assessment rubrics for group work observation (both students and facilitators) Stony-Brook team has created a new course based on Solving Real Problems with Chemistry 

CHE 125 - Learning Strategies Essential for Success in Chemistry Focuses on developing techniques, strategies, and advanced learning skills that are essential for success in college-level chemistry. Real world contexts, issues, and problems are explored from a chemistry perspective.

Project personnel 

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John Goodwin, Darlene Slusher, Coastal Carolina University Dave Hanson, Stony Brook University Tom Gilbert, Northeastern University Linda Hobart, Finger Lakes CC Candice Foley, Suffolk Co. CC Vicky Minderhout, Seattle University

Evaluators  

Austin Hitt, Coastal Carolina University Kimberly Lawless, University of Illinois, Chicago

Acknowledgements 

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Coastal Carolina University: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program NSF DUE CCLI 0633191, 0632957, and 0633231 Pacific Crest – Dan Apple and Denna Hintze-Yates