Teaching CHEM 12171• Classroom format: 75 minutes total (~40 for presenting

problems; ~30 for group work/discussions)• Presenting problems:

– Setting up & giving background but NOT SOLVING– Each week, 4 students pre-assigned to present one problem each – Required to meet with a TA during office hours to go over

problem• Make sure student understands problem• Make sure student does not give too much info for problem

– ~5 min at beginning, each presenter puts up on the board the info they want as visual aids

– Small groups of 4-5 students, rotate through and hear each presentation and have opportunity to ask questions/discuss with the presenter (max 10 minutes before rotating)

– In groups of 4-5 students, work to solve problems

How students should present• Read part or all of the problem• Set-up the problem by addressing the following:

– Q1: What background info do you need to know?– Q2: What concepts do you need to understand?– Q3: What are the big picture ideas involved in this problem?

• Notes:– Just because I label them Q1, Q2, Q3, you don’t always have

to answer these questions in this order when explaining a problem.

– You won’t always answer all three questions when explaining a problem.

– There might be other, more-appropriate questions to answer when explaining a problem.

Tutorial problem presentation demo

• T2 F09: 3. ii) What is the highest energy photon that can be absorbed by a ground-state hydrogen atom without causing ionization? What is the wavelength of this radiation? To what region of the electromagnetic spectrum does this photon belong?