Teaching Strategies

Topic

Strategy Type

Topic	Strategy	Title	Description
Organic Chemistry Structure Determination/ NMR Analytical Chemistry Spectroscopy	Mode of Delivery Examples	Examples of Symmetry	Use examples to demonstrate symmetry. For example, show ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra of ethyl benzene.
Organic Chemistry Structure Determination/ NMR Analytical Chemistry Spectroscopy	Representations Models and Representations	Models to Explain Symmetry	Utilise model making to display principles of symmetry. Make the model, show the NMR spectrum and use them together to explain the symmetry.
Organic Chemistry Structure Determination/ NMR Analytical Chemistry Spectroscopy	Active Learning Practice Problems Student Participation	Present Solutions to NMR Problems	Get the students to present the solutions to NMR problems, with a bit of assistance. Point to a signal on the spectrum and say ‘have you thought about what that means?’ Give them some hints. Encourage the students themselves to be asking the questions about what the signals are or why you... more
Organic Chemistry Structure Determination/ NMR Analytical Chemistry Spectroscopy	Active Learning Practice Problems Student Participation	Group Work	Photocopy the problems rather than expecting students to download them from Blackboard, and take in only a few copies so that students have to share. They’re forced to work together. But that causes a problem at the end of the class if they all want their own copy, so you then have to go back... more
Organic Chemistry Stereochemistry	Representations Visualisation	Smart Phone Mirror	Students’ ability to visualise the molecules in free space is limited sometimes. So a strategy is to ask the students to take out their smart phone and use it as a mirror by putting it opposite the molecule on the paper, so that they can see the reflection and easily visualise the molecule. This... more

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