Journal article
ConfChem Conference on Mathematics in Undergraduate Chemistry Instruction: Estimation-An Empowering Skill for Students in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Journal of chemical education, v 95(8), pp 1426-1427
01 Aug 2018
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Abstract
Today's students have always used calculators to compute answers to problems, and as a result, they have a poor sense of the expected size of a physical quantity and cannot tell if their computed value is realistic or unrealistic. Students place great faith in the correctness of calculators, but they fail to acknowledge their mistakes in typing numerical values or in entering mathematical operations. These factors together not only contribute to poorer grades on exams and problem sets in their coursework, but also lead to embarrassing mistakes on group projects and in the professional workplace. The anodyne to this is a workshop approach to developing estimation skills. This report summarizes paper 1 of the 8 invited papers to the ConfChem online conference held from October 23 to November 27, 2017, and hosted by the ACS DivCHED Committee on Computers in Chemical Education (CCCE).
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- Title
- ConfChem Conference on Mathematics in Undergraduate Chemistry Instruction: Estimation-An Empowering Skill for Students in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Creators
- Lynn S. Penn - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of chemical education, v 95(8), pp 1426-1427
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society; Washington, DC
- Number of pages
- 2
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemistry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000442961800032
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85051512249
- Other Identifier
- 991019168577004721
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- Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
- Education, Scientific Disciplines