A Historical Analysis of the Curriculum of Organic Chemistry Using ACS Exams as Artifacts

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Raker, Jeffrey
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Standardized examinations, such as those developed and disseminated by the ACS Examinations Institute, are artifacts of the teaching of a course and over time may provide a historical perspective on how curricula have changed and evolved. This study investigated changes in organic chemistry curricula across a 60-year period by evaluating 18 ACS Organic Chemistry Exams through the lenses of problem-type, visualization use, content covered, and percentile rankings. For all lenses, the early 1970s emerged as a focal point for change and stabilization of the organic chemistry curricula.

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Reprinted (adapted) with permission from J. Chem. Educ., 2013, 90 (11), pp 1437–1442. Copyright 2014 American Chemical Society.

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