chemistry | GLCA/GLAA

Critical Thinking in the Classroom: Some Thoughts for the Summer

Steve Volk, GLCA-CTL and Oberlin (Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash)

The PoWEr (Polonium, Tungsten, Erbium) of Learning in Community

by Steven Volk | Sep 23, 2018 | Article of the Week, Featured Article

Joanne L. Stewart, Professor of Chemistry, Hope College, March 12, 2018 Contact at: stewart@hope.edu This is not a guide for designing a community of practice—those exist (Cambridge, Kaplan, & Suter, 2005; Wenger, McDermott, & Snyder, 2002). It is, instead, a...

Chemistry Students Tell a Convincing Story: In The Forensic Crime Lab

by Steven Volk | Apr 17, 2018 | Try This!

Rob Thompson, Professor of Chemistry, Oberlin College* Contact at Robert.Q.Thompson@oberlin.edu In 2015, the Association of American College and Universities issued a report (Falling Short? College Learning and Career Success) that listed the skills that employers...