PLEASE NOTE
My last day at Miami University was Thursday, June 15, 2023.
I now serve as the Dean for The Getty College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio Northern University in Ada, OH.
I can be reached via email at bretzsl@onu.edu and via telephone at 419.772.2130.
My website has relocated to sites.google.com/onu.edu/bretzsl.
Research from the Bretz group drives the visualization pedagogy of two general chemistry textbooks
from W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., plus the first-ever published atoms-focused textbook for AP Chemistry (officially on the AP Chemistry textbook list)!
Each chapter begins with Particulate Review and Particulate Preview questions. The Review is a diagnostic tool that asks students to reflect upon their prior knowledge by interpreting molecular artwork. The Preview scaffolds the learning that is to come by asking students to look at new molecular artwork and extend their prior knowledge by making predictions about new concepts to be learned.
A Visual Problem Matrix has been added to the collection of visualization problems at the end of every chapter. The matrix consists of macroscopic, particulate, and symbolic representations, followed by a collection of six questions that require students to identify commonalities and differences across the representations.
Review, Preview, & Matrix questions have been developed into a collection of 400+ Smartwork problems and clicker questions for use in lecture.
Projected Visualization Questions and a new Interactive Instructor's Guide support instructors with incorporating research-based active learning pedagogy into their classrooms and exams.
