Part I. Analyzing the distribution of gas law questions in chemistry textbooks : Part II. {esc}p35{esc}sCl NQR spectra of group 1 and silver dichloromethanesulfonates /

dc.contributor.authorGillette, Gabrielen_US
dc.contributor.departmentChemistryen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-20T16:12:52Z
dc.date.available2014-06-20T16:12:52Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.descriptionAdvisers: Michael Sanger; Gary Wulfsberg.en_US
dc.description.abstractPart I. Two studies involving the gas law questions in eight high school and Advanced Placement/college chemistry textbooks were performed using loglinear analysis to look for associations among six variables. These variables included Bloom's Taxonomy (higher-order, lower-order), Book Type (high school, college), Question Format (multiple-choice, problem, short answer), Question Placement (in-chapter, end-of-chapter, test bank), Representation (macroscopic, microscopic, symbolic), and Arkansas Science Standard (conceptual, mathematical; gas laws, pressure conversion, stoichiometry). The first study, involving the conceptual gas law questions, found the Book Type and Question Placement variables had the biggest impact, each appearing in 5 of the 11 significant associations. The second study, involving the mathematical gas law questions, found the Question Placement had the biggest impact, appearing in 7 of the 11 significant associations, followed by Book Type and the Arkansas Science Standard variables, which appeared in 5 of the 11 significant associations. These studies showed that compared to the high school books, college books have fewer multiple-choice questions (compared to short-answer and problem questions), fewer in-chapter questions (compared to end-of-chapter and test bank questions), fewer questions in the chapters and more questions at the end of the chapters and fewer multiple-choice questions in and at the end of the books and more multiple-choice questions in the test banks.en_US
dc.description.abstractPart II. The dichloromethanesulfonate salts of several +1 charged cations, M+Cl2CHSO3 - (M = Li, Na, K, Rb Ag, Cs Tl) were synthesized and studied by 35Cl nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR). Dichloromethanesulfonic acid was prepared by the methanolysis of dichloromethanesulfonyl chloride, which was neutralized with the metal carbonates to produce the corresponding metal dichloromethanesulfonate salts. This study completed the NQR investigation of the family of chloroacetates and chloromethanesulfonates of silver. The study suggests that the ability of organochlorine atoms to coordinate to silver ions decreases as the number of electron-withdrawing groups attached to carbon atom bound to the coordinating chlorine atom increases. The unusually large NQR spectral width found among M+Cl2CHCO2 - salts are not present among M+Cl2CHSO 3- salts and does not appear to be generally characteristic of the dichloromethyl family of salts.en_US
dc.description.degreeD.A.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/3876
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subject.lcshChemistry Textbooksen_US
dc.subject.lcshNuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopyen_US
dc.subject.lcshSilver compoundsen_US
dc.subject.lcshDichloromethaneen_US
dc.subject.lcshChemistry, Generalen_US
dc.subject.lcshEducation, Sciencesen_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.thesis.degreelevelDoctoralen_US
dc.titlePart I. Analyzing the distribution of gas law questions in chemistry textbooks : Part II. {esc}p35{esc}sCl NQR spectra of group 1 and silver dichloromethanesulfonates /en_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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