{"id":146,"date":"2020-04-08T19:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T19:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2020-04-15T18:30:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T18:30:58","slug":"teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chemistry at GGC is proud of our teaching!\u00a0 Below are some teaching pedagogies currently used in chemistry at GGC.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Small class sizes (max of 24 per class) allow faculty to know each student and meet their needs at their various levels of preparedness.<\/li>\n<li>Students have the same professor teaching class and lab.<\/li>\n<li>Innovative labs \u2013 chemistry faculty write their own labs.<\/li>\n<li>Labs are research based where students carry out a project over the course of several weeks.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=X8NY5X61czQ&amp;feature=emb_logo\">Video where GGC STEM Education vision is described.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Flexible teaching pedagogies across course sections\n<ul>\n<li>Thayer Method<\/li>\n<li>Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)<\/li>\n<li>Specs grading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>State of the art instrumentation is used in teaching and research\n<ul>\n<li>This link shows an example of Dr. Tsoi demonstrating how to find melting point using an instrument that is commonly used in Organic Chemistry lab:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ggc.view.usg.edu\/content\/enforced\/273429-GeneralChemistry_Faculty_Community\/GGC_Labs-Using_The_Mel-Temp.m4v?d2lSessionVal=UI3R89hKbNTT6oQgkjsxbcJIh&amp;ou=273429\">MelTemp Demonstration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Student success initiatives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High engagement active learning practices in the classroom with decreased focus on lecturing. This is the standard practice in <u>all<\/u> courses!!!<\/li>\n<li>Peer Supplemental Instruction: CHEM 1211K, 1212K, 2211K (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=4&amp;v=TyAaKRXwYQ4&amp;feature=emb_logo\">PSI Video Link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Faculty Learning Community (FLC) on reducing DFW rates in CHEM 1211K\/1212K<\/li>\n<li>Course-embedded Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs): CHEM 1211K, 1212K, 2212K, 3000K, 4100K\n<ul>\n<li>This link shows\u00a0a video of Dr. Mallia and a student talking about an Organic Chemistry CURE project: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=0cmEkbf-ZU4&amp;feature=emb_logo\">CURE Video<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Development of working groups for multi-section courses<\/li>\n<li>Academic Enhancement Center: CHEM 1151K, 1152K, 1211K, 1212K, 2211K, 2212K<\/li>\n<li>Interdisciplinary initiatives: CHEM 1212K with BIOL 1107K, CHEM 1211K\/1212K with PHYS 1111K\/1112K<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Teaching statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chemistry discipline consists of 39 full-time faculty and 16 part-time faculty<\/p>\n<p>Program student\/faculty ratio: 4.1\/1<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chemistry at GGC is proud of our teaching!\u00a0 Below are some teaching pedagogies currently used in chemistry at GGC. Small class sizes (max of 24 per class) allow faculty to know each student and meet their needs at their various levels of preparedness. Students have the same professor teaching class and lab. Innovative labs \u2013 chemistry faculty write their own labs. Labs are research based where students carry out a project over the course of several weeks. Video where GGC&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/teaching\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-146","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","user-has-not-earned"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PcrxoI-2m","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10,"url":"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/","url_meta":{"origin":146,"position":0},"title":"Home Page","author":"amallia","date":"March 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to GGC Chemistry Friends of GGC Chemistry: Welcome to the GGC Chemistry Discipline\u2019s Academic Commons, the place to learn more about our growing Chemistry Program of study, our faculty and our students. 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Continue reading below to learn more about our faculty and their achievements. Dr. Kathryn Zimmermann was the recipient of the GGC Scholarship & Creative Activities Award in recognition of her excellent scholarly\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/301\/2020\/09\/kzimmermann.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18,"url":"https:\/\/commons.ggc.edu\/chemistry\/faculty-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":146,"position":3},"title":"Faculty","author":"amallia","date":"March 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Chemistry Discipline at GGC has 39 full-time and 16 part-time faculty with a wide range of backgrounds in various chemistry sub-disciplines. 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