Chemistry Student Success A Field-tested, Evidence-based Guide ACS Symposium Series

Looking for where to start or how to spice up your teaching with student-centered, research-based ideas? This collection of experiences, from new instructors to seasoned ones, includes evidence-based ideas that have been implemented (with varying degrees of success) across diverse chemistry classrooms to improve student engagement. This volume serves as a guide for instructors looking for new teaching techniques to best serve their students. Administrators will also find this collection useful as they continue to support instructors in their quest to be better educators. This volume also serves as a reminder to all instructors that they are not alone with the struggles they face in (and outside) the classroom.

Amy Flanagan Johnson received her B.A. from Knox College and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Purdue University. Currently, she serves as a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Eastern Michigan University. Johnson prefers to teach introductory and general chemistry courses, as that is where she feels there is the best opportunity for her to help students develop an appreciation for the wonders of chemistry. Her research interests include knowledge transfer, pre-service teacher education, and pedagogical approaches for teaching climate change. Johnson was recognized by Eastern Michigan University for her teaching with the 2010 Ronald W. Collins Distinguished FacultyAward. Oluwatobi O. Odeleye received her B.S. and M.S. from Eastern Michigan University and her Ph.D. from South Dakota State University. Currently, she is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Oklahoma. She typically teaches general chemistry courses and currently serves as the director of the General Chemistry program at the University of Oklahoma. She believes teaching and chemical education research should go together and is always looking for techniques to improve student engagement in her classroom. She believes there is no perfect way to teach, but the teaching and learning processes should always be student centered.