Uso de artigos científicos em uma disciplina de Físico-Química

• Main Authors: Santos Gelson Ribeiro dos, Sá Luciana Passos, Queiroz Salete Linhares
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2006-01-01
• Series: Química Nova
• Subjects: graduate education; primary literature; physical chemistry
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422006000500038

This paper describes the use of primary chemistry literature in a fifth-semester physical chemistry course for undergraduate chemistry students. The main goal is to expose students to the primary literature of physical chemistry, demonstrating how they can benefit from using it. The assignment addresses issues in chemical education such as scientific writing, relating lecture material to the real world, and conducting literature searches. The student evaluation of this assignment, consisting of two surveys and one focus group, showed its usefulness. The details of the evaluation instruments and their results are provided. Out of 45 students enrolled in the course, 30 (67%) students completed the assignment.