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Abstract Volume 1 Issue 1 (1996), S1430-4171(96)01007-2

A Practical Test of Organic Chemistry Laboratory Skills

Joseph Casanova* and Linda Tunstad

California State University-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032-8202, USA

Published online: 25 March 1996

Abstract. We have developed several alternative practical laboratory examinations for the beginning organic chemistry course and have field tested these laboratory exercises as a component of the final examination in the laboratory component of that course. Data correlating practicum scores with overall scores in the laboratory course show significant scatter, suggesting to us possible shortcomings in the traditional methods of evaluation of laboratory skills.

Key Words:  Laboratories and Demonstrations; organic; laboratory; practicum; characterization; acetates; examination; reaction

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: jcasano@calstatela.edu)

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Issue date: March 25, 1996

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