Quantum States of Atoms and Molecules, David Hanson, Erica Harvey, Robert Sweeney, and Theresa Zielinski. An online resource: http://www.pogil.org/QuantumStates. Contact David.Hanson@sunysb.edu for more information.
Features of Quantum States:
- An online ebook suitable for use in undergraduate physical chemistry.
- An easy-to-read conversational style.
- Logical development of concepts, not a general survey of topics.
- Engages students in learning and promotes the growth of learning
skills in information processing, analytical thinking, and problem
solving.
- Examples illustrate only particularly difficult issues to avoid
supporting memorization / pattern matching rather than thinking /
understanding.
- Exercises integrated within the chapters, rather than being placed at
the end, so students can apply what they have just read in order to
develop and reinforce understanding.
- End of the chapter problems present more complex situations and
require the use of higher-order thinking skills.
- Computer-based visualization and guided-discovery activities help
students construct their understanding and develop thinking skills.
- Opportunities to use real computer-based tools to solve real problems.
- Exercises, problems, and guided-inquiry activities suited for team
assignments to obtain the benefits of collaborative learning.
- Use and integration of multiple representations (macroscopic,
molecular, mathematical, symbolic, graphical, and pictorial).
- Hyperlinks to animations and simulations provide dramatic
visualization of concepts, chemical processes, and molecular-level
phenomena.
- Hyperlinks to supplements provide detailed derivations or review
relevant math or physics concepts in the current chemistry context.
- Hyperlinks to vocabulary and prerequisite material.
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