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“The goal of the workbook is to present
real world problems that can be solved
using concepts and principles of organic
chemistry. To increase student interest
and meet the needs of students in
multiple disciplines, the problems come
from both the biological and physical
sciences. The key is that all problems
can be solved using the learning
objectives of a typical day of a one
year organic chemistry course.
"Students often see the material of a
typical day to be esoteric, and don’t
really understand why this material is
useful to learn. Therefore, the start of
each activity in the workbook presents a
new problem; presented as a “Who Gives a
Darn?” question. Students then work
through an activity that is based on
POGIL principles that addresses the
learning objectives of the day. At the
end of the activity, the “Who Gives a
Darn?” question is presented once again,
and students are guided through the
thinking to solve the problem using the
knowledge and skills gained in the
activity.
"Instructors will find that the book can
be used in multiple teaching contexts.
It may be used in the traditional sense
of POGIL-based materials that cover the
concepts of a traditional organic
chemistry course; or the workbook may be
used in the total to teach key skills
used in problem solving through the
context of organic chemistry.”- Ehren
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