Using journal articles in a Physical Chemistry course

Quimica nova

Santos, Gelson Ribeiro dos¹  Queiroz, Salete Linhares¹  Sá, Luciana Passos¹ 

[1] Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, Brasil

关键词: graduate education;    primary literature;    physical chemistry.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-40422006000500038

学科分类：化学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica

【 摘 要 】

This paper describesthe use of primary chemistry literature in a fifth-semester physical chemistrycourse for undergraduate chemistry students. The main goal is to expose studentsto the primary literature of physical chemistry, demonstrating how they canbenefit from using it. The assignment addresses issues in chemical educationsuch as scientific writing, relating lecture material to the real world, andconducting literature searches. The student evaluation of this assignment, consistingof two surveys and one focus group, showed its usefulness. The details of theevaluation instruments and their results are provided. Out of 45 students enrolledin the course, 30 (67%) students completed the assignment.

【 授权许可】

CC BY