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While student opinion always varies within a given course, the level of dissatisfaction with chemistry classes seems to be higher than most. Over the past six years, an average of 65 students took Chem 5 but did not enroll in Chem 7, its companion course...
Senior Lecturer on Chemistry James E. Davis, who teaches Chem 5, attributes the dropout rate to multiple causes...
Thursday, February 4: Nobel Prize winning Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science Dudley R. Herschbach enters the fray with his own ad campaign entitled "The Zen of Chem." In a radical move, Herschbach allocates half of his NIH grant to double the staff of teaching fellows for Chemistry 7. The teaching fellows are assigned a task they can actually do: postering the kiosks of the Yard...
...Chem 5 was originally selected as atrial subject because of its large size--more than350 students--and prior use of computer technology...
...Chem 5 Head Administrative TeachingFellow Dennis M. Hausmann said students will notabandon traditional learning methods. "I thinkthat people realize that it's more beneficial toattend lecture," he said...