02744nam a22002657a 450000500170000000800410001702200140005803700190007208200100009110000360010124501310013726000490026830000160031749000510033350500630038452017660044765000230221365000250223665000460226165000310230765000390233885600760237794200080245399900170246120250115122630.0250115b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0021-9584  bRIEBPL Library  a540.7  aDominik Diermann , Jenna Koenen  aSurvey on Lecturers’ Estimation on NMR Lecture Content: The Status Quo of German NMR Lectures and Courses ( Journal Article)  aUSAb:American Chemical Societyc,March 2024  a841–849p.  aAmerican Chemical Society, Volume 101, Issue 3  a***______{For Hard Copy, Please visit Library.}________***  aAbstract-

Most chemistry students struggle with interpreting and understanding NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectra and the general concepts of NMR spectroscopy. NMR spectroscopy seems to be difficult to both teach and learn. Therefore, the corresponding courses should be investigated in more detail. We conducted a survey with N = 39 German university lecturers in NMR spectroscopy on their course content as well as on their estimations on the importance of certain topics for understanding NMR spectroscopy in detail and found the most recent problems, conceptions, and content structure. The participants were asked to rate a list of items (belonging to 1H NMR spectroscopy) twice: First in terms of appearance in their lecture or course and second according to their personal relevance. Our results showed that, on the one hand, students learn about the physical and chemical backgrounds and theoretical basics for understanding 1H NMR spectroscopy and, on the other hand, about essential knowledge for practical analyzing and interpreting 1H NMR spectra. The most covered and most important topics are the practical ones related to spectra interpretation, e.g., chemical shift, spin–spin coupling, and further background knowledge for peak analysis. Therefore, most lecturers focus on teaching usage-oriented conceptual knowledge more than theoretical backgrounds, which means that analyzing spectra is paramount, especially for beginner students. Furthermore, this review visualizes an evidence-based ranking for the most covered and as most relevant estimated NMR spectroscopy lecture contents as well as students’ greatest learning difficulties in Germany. Lecturers and students are now able to validate their lectures or course structure.

  aChemical structure  a Molecular structure  a Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy   aQuantum mechanics Students  aUniversity lecturers and students   uhttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c01023?articleRef=control  cPER  c46025d46024