Peer-Led Team Learning: General Chemistry

This innovative model in science education helps leaders guide the activities of small groups of users in weekly Workshop meetings. The users work through challenging problems that are designed to be solved cooperatively. The peer leaders are trained to ensure that the users are actively and productively engaged with the material and with each other. This methodology offers a number of educational opportunities: the supportive format encourages questions and discussions that lead to conceptual understanding; users learn to work in teams and to communicate more effectively; peer leaders learn teaching and group management skills. This workbook features hundreds of class-tested problems at a variety of levels. These problems cover the core areas of the typical general chemistry course and can be used as-is or adapted by instructors. Perfect for anyone who is interested in supplemental instruction/cooperative learning/peer-led workshops/collaborative learning.

The Workshop Project is a collaboration of teachers, learning specialists and students that develops and implements a Peer-Led Team Learning model of teaching science. Students who have done well in the course are selected and trained for leadership roles. These peer leaders guide the work of teams of 6-8 students to solve carefully structured problems in weekly Workshop sessions.