Collaborative Teaching Across Freshman Information Technology and Chemistry Courses

by: Susan K. Schwartz and Eileen M. Kowalski

This article discusses a lesson in which chemistry was incorporated into information technology (IT) programming assignments and IT problem solving into chemistry. At-risk students, performing well below control groups of their peers in both courses, achieved end-of-term chemistry exam results and IT final project results that were statistically indistinguishable (p varies) from control groups in either course.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2007Stock # jcst07_036_05_34Volume 036Issue 05

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