When you learn chemistry, it's much more important to understand the concepts than to memorize structures, elements, and formulas. However, rote memorization has its place, particularly when you arelearning functional groups(or other organic chemistry molecules) and when you're trying to keep names...
He’s the reason I decided to take organic chemistry at Harvard—even though the class was mostly pre-med students, and I had no plans to become a doctor. (I got a C, my lowest grade in college, but I don’t think I ever told him.) Tom Cheatham Looking back on my time at ...
1it was found that reasoning—one of the tenets of the mechanistic approach—over rote memorization in organic chemistry led to greater success in answering problems that involved a transfer of knowledge. “I’m hoping that our book sets the stage for how people...
How to write the molecular formula of a compound. How does the number of atoms change during a chemical reaction? How do you determine the correct number of subscripts for elements in looking at the periodic table? How are structural formulas used in organic chemistry?
Therefore, most students tend to make silly errors while writing equations. Thus paving the way to mark deduction. To achieve full marks on equations, students must ensure correct species as it is a proven method to memorize tricky equations. For example: Acid + base – salt + liquid. Afte...
I have always been the type of student to try to memorize as much as possible, but I’ve realized this is impossible for the amount of material the MCAT covers. Leah’s videos have enabled me to truly understand and engage with material so that challenging concepts and equations just “...
Chemistry: Chemistry is one of the physical sciences. It is closely related to physics. Chemistry is the study of matter. There are a number of different branches of chemistry, including physical chemistry and organic chemistry. Answer and Explanation:1 ...
Click to Flip (Advanced) References and Further Reading A collection of pKa values is presented on the Organic Chemistry Data site (formerly Hans Reich’s site) What Is The pKa of Water? from Libretexts is a very accessible article on this topic. pKa Values in the Undergraduate Curriculum:...
What makes the knowledge base for theMCATso daunting is the sheerdiversity of contenton the exam. Because of this, it is almost necessary to have taken several college-level courses recently (optimally within the past 2 years), including Biology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics (Me...
mindsets continue to develop and change during their first year of college. We built on this work by characterizing how mindsets change and identifying the factors that may be influencing this change among upper-level STEM students. We surveyed 875 students in an organic chemistry course at four ...