Learning Science from Peers
Taking the fear factor out of General Chemistry
Professor and Chemistry Department Chair Mark Cracolice is used to doling out homework, but in the last few years he’s given himself a serious assignment: to restore the good name of General Chemistry. “First year chemistry is pretty famous across the country as being difficult for a lot of students,” says Cracolice. Tackled in fear by many, General Chemistry is a year-long course composed of both lab time and lectures that wasn’t producing the results Cracolice was hoping for: good grades and an interest in—not fear of—chemistry.
To that end Cracolice received a grant in 1997 from the National Read More...
