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Teach the Mechanism

Teach the Mechanism

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  • Welcome to Fall semester! We’re happy to be back so to kick off the new season we are sharing this insightful post from Professor Todd Eckroat of Penn State Erie- The Behrend College. September 19, 2019
  • Happy Summer! May 29, 2019
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  • A Great Teaching Moment with Aromatic Substitution Reactions May 13, 2019
  • By the Numbers: Teaching the Mechanism and the ACS Exam May 6, 2019
  • A Mechanistic Organization is More than Just Mechanistic Patterns April 22, 2019
  • Mechanisms and Synthesis Go Hand-in-Hand April 16, 2019
  • My Surprising Favorite Second-Semester Chapter April 9, 2019
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  • 2D Molecule Drawing in Smartwork5; Flash-free and Student Friendly March 18, 2019
  • Smartwork5: Immediate Formative Assessment Opportunities Help Students Work Smart March 11, 2019
  • Bulls-eye: Tracking Reaction Usage Keeps Students on Target with Synthesis Problems March 4, 2019
  • Winds of Change: Instructor Resources Make Switching to Karty a Breeze February 25, 2019
  • Yes, Interpreting an NMR Spectrum Really is Just like Solving a Jigsaw Puzzle! February 19, 2019
  • Better at Mechanisms, Better at Synthesis February 11, 2019
  • Memorization Not a Choice: Learning to Remember February 4, 2019
  • How Do Students Respond to the Mechanistic Organization? January 28, 2019
  • Textbook Cost: Is One Home Run Really Better than Two Doubles? January 23, 2019
  • First Impressions: The Big Switch, Part 2 January 14, 2019
  • First Impressions: The Big Switch, Part 1 January 7, 2019
  • Happy holidays from all of us at Teach the Mechanism! December 17, 2018
  • Flipping the Script: Mechanistic Organization Encourages Cooperative Learning December 10, 2018
  • Karty’s Method Stands Alone, and With It So Can Your Students December 5, 2018
  • In Favor of Putting Pen to Paper November 26, 2018
  • The First Semester: A Slower Pace Wins the Race November 14, 2018
  • FAQ: How far through the text should I get by the end of the first semester? August 31, 2018
  • Results of Four Years of Teaching the Mechanism July 13, 2018
  • What do origami and organic chemistry have in common? March 9, 2018
  • My Best Experience Yet Teaching Synthesis March 5, 2018
  • How far do you get in first semester organic chemistry? January 31, 2018
  • Ten Elementary Steps Are Better Than Four January 17, 2018
  • Happy Holidays! December 22, 2017
  • What’s in a NOM? Nomenclature that Actually Makes Sense. November 21, 2017
  • A Famous Pair, and No it isn’t Sonny and Cher November 13, 2017
  • Life is Hard Enough. Why Teach Alkenes By Function? November 1, 2017
  • Floppity or Floop? October 25, 2017
  • In Learning You Will Teach October 20, 2017
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  • An Enlightening Experience September 5, 2017
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  • Seeing the Big Picture December 8, 2016
  • Time Well Spent November 14, 2016
  • MO Theory? NO Problem November 3, 2016
  • pKa Values: A Chemist’s Best Friend to Predicting a Reaction October 27, 2016
  • No Pain, Lots of Gain October 3, 2016
  • Higher Understanding but Not “Higher-Level” September 22, 2016
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