As part of her dissertation work, Sarah Abdo developed these activities to help students enrolled in General Chemistry to 'dust off' their math skills. (1) These "just-in-time" refreshers are aligned with chemistry content and are therefore best assigned when the content is first being covered within a course.
Copies of each refresher can be downloaded using the links below. Instructors can request answer keys by directly emailing the developer (sabdo@pdx.edu).
Each refresher has been built into Canvas, LMS import files are avaialbe via email for interested instructors.
Abdo, Sarah N., Craig, Colleen F., and Barbera, Jack, Development and Piloting of Scaffolded "Just-In-Time" Mathematics Refreshers for General Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Education, 2026, (in review).
(click link for pdf copy of each)
(click link for pdf copy of each)