Strategies employed in the organic chemistry course must have the shared benefit of promoting concept mastery and visual literacy. With this in mind, an iSpartan-enabled visualization and computational activity was developed to complement learning in the first-semester, introductory organic chemistry course. The activity provides students an opportunity to draw molecules, collect structure-based data, and engage in group discussions related to acyclic alkane conformations. Students do not receive a lecture or complete required reading on conformations. Instead, the activity along with group- and instructor-facilitated discussions serves as the method of content delivery for the topic. Pretest and post-test scores suggest improvements in each student’s ability to interpret Newman Projections and determine relative conformation energies and stabilities. A survey was administered to determine the degree to which each student valued the activity and the associated technology, the response to which suggests that the activity was instrumental in students’ ability to comprehend and apply concepts related to alkane conformation.

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使用iSpartan支持有关Alkane构型的以学生为中心的活动

有机化学课程中采用的策略必须具有促进概念掌握和视觉素养的共同利益。考虑到这一点，开发了支持iSpartan的可视化和计算活动，以补充在第一学期有机化学入门课程中的学习。该活动为学生提供了绘制分子，收集基于结构的数据以及参与与无环烷构象有关的小组讨论的机会。学生不会收到有关构想的讲座或未完成必读的内容。取而代之的是，活动以及与小组和讲师一起进行的讨论将作为主题内容传递的方法。测验前和测验后的分数表明，每个学生在解释纽曼投影以及确定相对构象能量和稳定性方面的能力都有所提高。进行了一项调查以确定每个学生对该活动及其相关技术的重视程度，对此的回答表明该活动有助于学生理解和应用与烷烃构象有关的概念。