Courtney J. Sobers, PhD

I'm an evolving chemistry educator with a passion for creating a motivational environment for hesitant chemistry learners.

I’m an Assistant Teaching Professor at Rutgers-Newark in the Chemistry department.

In addition to keeping my children alive, I am constantly experimenting to create welcoming, supportive environments in general chemistry labs and organic chemistry lectures to create more chemistry lovers (or fewer chemistry haters).

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Spring 23 Semester Reflection – Writing Class

I used specifications grading in both classes I taught this semester. One I came up with from scratch, the other was adapted from work by Kate McKnelly, Michael Morris, and Steve Mang (DOI link to paper). The writing intensive course (Writing & Presentation of Chemistry) is the course I’m using for the micro credential final...

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