Art of Writing Flowchart in Organic Chemistry Practicals Induces Logical Thinking in Chemistry Students

Abstract

Toreshettahally R Swaroop, Chalya M Shivaprasad, Kanchugarakoppal S Rangappa

In this article we present an art of writing flowcharts in organic chemistry preparation practicals. We divided students into two groups. One group of students was trained to write procedural flowchart and the other group of students was educated to write chemical flowchart for the preparation of p-nitroacetanilde from acetanilde and preparation of hippuric acid from glycine. The procedural flowchart simply represents the steps involved in an organic preparation. While, chemical flowchart describes chemical species involved in each step of preparation. We found that students educated to write chemical flowchart have gained superior knowledge in chemistry over the students who were trained to write procedural flowchart.

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