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Description
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an important tool in the modern STEM workforce, and provides the foundation for more in-depth explorations in a variety of scientific disciplines - ranging from pharmacology to quantum computing. The recent development of inexpensive benchtop NMR spectrometers and freely available online simulations offer great opportunities for institutions to provide their students with extensive course experience in NMR, but curricular materials appropriate to the introductory student are not prevelent. The project team from Sarah Lawrence College and City College of New York used their expertise in using active learning models such as investigative science learning environment (ISLE), process-oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL), and peer-led team learning (PLTL) to develop new curricular materials for teaching NMR from both a physics and a chemistry perspective. This talk will introduce these materials as well as provide some evidence for their efficacy.
