A Superb Model: An Alternative Approach to General Chemistry Unit 2 B: page 17 of 20
 

 

Dennis Jacobs:
Assessing the Needs of At-Risk Students with Cooperative Learning Strategies

 

Longitudinal Impact (follow-on course):

Intervention introduced between 1996 and 1997

 

 

Organic chemistry is a follow–on course to general chemistry. In 1997, a higher percentage of ‘at risk’ students who had taken Dennis’ alternative general chemistry course completed organic chemistry than the percentage of students in the traditional course.