Orbital - Vol. 14 No. 2 - April-June 2022
PAPERS ON EDUCATION

Let's Talk About Stereochemistry for a Moment: a Home Experiment Conducted with College Students in Social Isolation

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  • Pamella Moreira Monte,
  • Jose C. Barros,
  • Tiago Lima da Silva
Pamella Moreira Monte
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Química, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jose C. Barros
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Química, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tiago Lima da Silva
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17807/orbital.v14i2.16224
Published July 10, 2022
Keywords
  • Remote teaching,
  • Plane-polarized light,
  • Stereochemistry,
  • Sugar
How to Cite
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Monte, P. M.; Barros, J. C.; da Silva, T. L. Let’s Talk About Stereochemistry for a Moment: A Home Experiment Conducted With College Students in Social Isolation. Orbital: Electron. J. Chem. 2022, 14, 130-133.

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Abstract

Due to COVID-19, we are adjusting to a new educational environment while also being socially isolated. By combining previously established ways of remote education with video conferences, the world is creating a new sector termed techno-pedagogy. The concept of stereochemistry in Organic Chemistry is frequently difficult to understand even in classroom teaching. Plane-polarized light rotation is difficult to describe because it needs a high level of abstraction in the mental exercise. As a result, we propose in this work that technology be developed to teach stereochemistry remotely. As a result, we prepared a training video that shows college students how to execute a hand-made stereochemistry experiment. Lecturers, undergraduates, and graduate students all gave the video great scores.

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