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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 22
(2017) pp 125-129
Online Collaborative-Pair Computational Spreadsheets II: Successive Approximations, Solver, and Learning Spreadsheetese!
Scott A. Sinex*,†, Theodore L. Chambers†, and Joshua B. Halpern‡
†Department of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD, 20774, sinexsa@pgcc.edu; ‡Department of Chemistry, Howard University, Washington DC, 20059
Received February 8, 2017. Accepted June 7, 2017.
Published: 27 July 2017
Abstract. In an
effort to enhance online collaboration we show how Google Sheets, a part of
Google Drive, can be used to familiarize students in introductory courses with
the practice of online collaboration and enhance their computational
spreadsheet skills by introducing simple numerical methods. Students work in
pairs with the instructor serving as a facilitator to aid student pairs by
providing formative assessment during spreadsheet development.
Key Words: Computers in Chemistry; general chemistry
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: sinexsa@pgcc.edu)
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Supporting Materials:
A file with the Proton Balance and Successive Approximations is available. (177 KB)
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