Organic Chemistry, 1st Edition January 2011, ©2012 As an
example, resonance structures are used repeatedly throughout the
course, and students must become masters of resonance structures
early in the course. Therefore, a significant portion of chapter
1 is devoted to drawing resonance structures. Two chapters (6
and 12) are devoted almost entirely to skill development.
Chapter 6 emphasizes skills that are necessary for drawing
mechanisms, while chapter 12 prepares the student for proposing
syntheses. 2. Practice the Skill: numerous problems (similar to
the solved problem) that give the students an opportunity to
practice and master the skill; 3. Apply the Skill: one or two
more-challenging problems in which the student must apply the
skill in a slightly different environment. These problems
include conceptual, cumulative, and applied problems that
encourage students to think out of the box. Sometimes problems
that foreshadow concepts introduced in later chapters are also
included. All SkillBuilders are visual