Increasing Access, Retention, & Excellence in General Chemistry at all ASU Campuses

1. Increasing Access, Retention, & Excellence in General Chemistry at all ASU Campuses Tempe: Allen, Briggs, Bond-Robinson, Marks Polytechnic: Huffman & Sniegowski Downtown: Bauer Redesign Alliance Conference, Rosen Centre, Orlando, FL on March 17, 2008

2. Key Features • Better use of structural supports in technology • Increased use of Blackboard’s online features • Student response systems in lecture: CPS clickers • Online homework system with publishing com. • Increase scheduledout-of-class structured time • Online assignments • Online pre-laboratory assignments • Online pre-lecture reading quizzes • Structuredweekly recitation activities • Relinquished 110 hours in classrooms for 24 Ss for monopoly on one redesigned room for 72 Ss • Newly designed activities • Trained “recitation TAs” • Increase Students (Ss) Sense of Community • Peers in lab groups and session of 24 • Peers in recitation pairs, tables of 6 Ss, and whole group of 72 • Peers sitting together in lecture to answer clicker questions • Increase collaboration in Gen Chem • Instructors at Tempe • Instructors among Downtown, East, West, and Tempe campuses

3. Cost Savings: 2 recitation TAs handle 72 students in one large room 3 lab TAs handle 72 students in three labs Reduction of 14 TAs in general chemistry population Leveraging Changes hoped for: Grant from ABOR & NCAT & Proposal Enabled us to get the support of Univ. Architect Office Who collaborated w/Steelcase and Polyvision with us to provide a $500 K Model Classroom Invest training in “Recitation TAs” To learn chemistry better, deeper To act as a real chemistry teacher To facilitate Ss’ learning while Ss work collaboratively Divided TA population Teach labs Teach recitations Renovated poor classroom Mediated, peer interaction For 72 students Designed 14 50-min activities foreach GenChem population First or One semester CHM 101: Nursing, gen educ CHM 113: Science; chm, material, bio engineering; CHM 114: General engineering CHM 117: Chm majors Second semester CHM 116: Science; chm, material, bio engineering; CHM 118: Chm majors Strategic changes in RECITATION Learning EnvironmentLed to cost savings, leveraging university for mediated classroom, and deeper, more structured learning for Ss and TAs

4. 3 LEARNING FACETS of a PERSON’S PSYCHE COGNITIVE • BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE • NEED or not for UNDERSTANDING • NEED or not for APPLICATION of KNOWLEDGE • INCLINATION or not to THINK CRITICALLY • META COGNITION willing or not to think about self’s thinking AFFECTIVE • ATTITUDE • Toward CLASS • Toward LEARNING • SENSE of SAFETY & CONFIDENCE • FEELINGS & EMOTIONAL RESPONSES • RESPONSES to CHALLENGE CONATIVE • MOTIVATION: wanting to act • SELF-EFFICACY: belief in self to act • VOLITION: will to act • GOAL SETTING • SELF-REGULATION EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS INVEST in ALL THREE.

5. Model Classroom for 72 Ss View the demo of “Thunder” at http://www.steelcase.com/na/thunder_virtual_flipchart_sy_products.aspx?f=17088

6. ASSESSMENT of Learning EnvironmentA student’s learning of chemistry

7. Thanks for your attention. Janet Bond-Robinson bond-robinson@asu.edu Thanks to NCAT and the Arizona Board of Regents for this opportunity to redesign general chemistry and to attend this conference.