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ERIC Number: EJ369496
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Role of Surprise in the Organic Laboratory.
Keiser, Jeffrey E.
Journal of Chemical Education, v65 n1 p78-79 Jan 1988
Proposes that the psychological problem of students expecting a particular result in an organic chemistry laboratory and, therefore, working in an unthinking manner be attacked by assigning experiments that give students unexpected results. Gives four examples of such experiments with strategies for teaching them. (CW)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, College Science, Creative Thinking, Discovery Learning, Educational Experiments, Higher Education, Investigations, Laboratory Experiments, Organic Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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