Flipping General Chemistry

General Chemistry is a bottleneck course that is a requirement for nearly all STEM majors. Improving student success is a two pronged effort: the first to agree upon what is the target for student proficiencies, skills and attitudes for student success, and; second to decrease the number of students receiving non-passing grades. Flipping provides resources for students to use in solving the single concept problems, JITT provides a low stakes assessment of those skills and the results set the agenda for class to direct review on needed areas and problem solving strategies for more complex problems. As a secondary benefit, the on-line quiz software also includes an e-textbook at a substantial savings over the hard copy. Use of knowledge surveys and a “why are you taking this course” essay help the instructor with student prior knowledge and to develop more relevant examples.