Video recitations to unify teaching of the core concepts of chemistry

Principal Investigator
Dr. Patti Christie and Dr. Nick Boekelheide, Experimental Study Group
Fund: Alumni Class Funds
Funding Period: AY2023
Department/Lab/Center: Experimental Study Group

The chemistry general institute requirements give special primacy to quantum mechanics in the earliest parts of the course. The relevance—and necessary depth of understanding—of quantum mechanics can be reinterpreted as teaching moves out of the lecture and into student-led recitations and beyond to online resources. To unify our learning goals, we will produce a series of video recitations to emphasize essential concepts to narrow in on our pedagogical goals of quantum mechanics. Chemistry students will have a common, strong foundation as they move forward in the chemistry curriculum.