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Learner Reviews & Feedback for General Chemistry: Concept Development and Application by Rice University

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About the Course

This course will cover the topics of a full year, two semester General Chemistry course. We will use a free on-line textbook, Concept
Development Studies in Chemistry, available via Rice’s Connexions project. The fundamental concepts in the course will be introduced via the
Concept Development Approach developed at Rice University. In this approach, we will develop the concepts you need to know from
experimental observations and scientific reasoning rather than simply telling you the concepts and then asking you to simply memorize or
apply them. So why use this approach? One reason is that most of us are inductive learners, meaning that we like to make ...
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ZK

Aug 28, 2015

If I'd had access to this material when I first failed freshman chemistry 40 years ago, I probably wouldn't have failed. Kudos to Dean Hutchinson for bringing us his innovative approach.

AA

Jun 8, 2021

I love the opportunity given to me to learn this course... It explained the basis and really made me understand the harder parts, now i have better understanding and wider knowledge!.

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By Anwana S E

Jul 30, 2020

it was good

By Jennifer K

Jun 30, 2022

While the concept development approach is interesting, to master chemistry one must practice. Very few examples are provided in this course and a novice could not possibly master the concepts watching the vidoes. Furthermore, the videos are dry and antiquated, and thus spark minimal interest or engagement. There are so many typos in the quizzes that you have to solve the problem incorrectly to get a "correct" answer. I would not recommend this course.

By benjamin g

Feb 24, 2022

Apperantly you cannot get a certification of this course so unless you just want to take it for fun I am not sure what the point is. My school approved this course but now I have no way to verify I took it. I would love to give coursera some money for it but apperantly they don't want it so what a waste of time. lol

By Alice Z

Oct 6, 2021

Videos have fast speed audio and no visual ...

By Behnama A

May 16, 2020

Pretty good but it was very disruptive