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By David Read2016-05-25T00:00:00

Monitoring skills development

Among the most important skills a chemist has is the ability to predict and explain phenomena based on chemical structures. Monitoring how these skills develop can help in identifying which teaching strategies lead to the most effective learning. In a recent study, Sonia Underwood and colleagues describe the use of such monitoring to judge the effectiveness of an alternative general chemistry curriculum against a more traditional approach.

David Read summarises and reviews the study.

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