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Improving Students’ Conceptual Knowledge in General Chemistry Using Desire2Learn Joann Pfeiffer Century College (Twin Cities, MN) Project Goal: Have students take a “quiz” in D2L for each topic covered in General Chemistry. Motivation: Students need to test themselves on conceptual understanding, not just on problems. The quiz tool in D2L provides an effective and efficient means for providing students with lots of questions. “Quiz” Set-Up 10 multiple choice questions randomly selected from a question library Unlimited number of attempts allowed Highest attempt automatically recorded in the D2L gradebook Quiz questions with answers provided immediately after submission No time limit on the “quiz”; completion required before exam on the material Focus of questions is on conceptual knowledge Example Questions 1. For the reaction A = B, the rate law is Rate = k[A]. What are the units of the rate constant where time is measured in seconds? a) M-1s-1 b) Ms c) s/M d) M2/s e) s-1 2. What determines the exponents in a rate law? i. experimentation ii. the coefficients in the balanced equation iii. the concentrations of the reactants a) i only b) ii only c) iii only d) i and ii e) ii and iii Examples 3. In general, as the temperature increases, the rate of a chemical reaction a) decreases due to fewer collisions with proper molecular orientation. b) decreases for endothermic reactions. c) decreases for exothermic reactions. d) increases due a greater number of effective collisions. e) increases due to a lowering of activation energy. Topics for Gen Chem II Quiz Topic (points) Number of Questions Kinetics (10) 34 Equilibrium 1 (5) 43 Equilibrium 2 (5) 17 Acid/Base (10) 42 Oxidation/Reduction (10) 41 Thermodynamics (10) 44 Solids (10) 28 Naming (10) 27 VSEPR (10) 36 Electron Configuration (10) 27 Quantum (10) 23 Results for Gen Chem II Summary of Results for Gen Chem II Most students took each quiz until they got the maxim