The attitude difference between the two makes a big difference in the feel of the class. General chemistry is aimed at the student who needs to take chemistry, while honors chemistry is aimed at the student who wants to take it.An example would be the area of kinetics: General chemistry students should learn Le Chatelier’s principle and not much else, while honors chemistry student should learn about rate laws and how they are determined. The same general areas should be taught in both, but the honors chemistry students should expect that they’ll need to learn more about them. Honors chemistry covers topics more deeply than general chemistry.The idea here is that students taking an honors course will be better able to generalize their learning and extend it on their own.
This isn’t to say that there’s no critical thinking in general chemistry or no fact retention in honors chemistry, only that the focus in the two is different. General chemistry focuses on fact retention, while honors chemistry focuses on critical thinking.To me, here are the main differences between the two: Because she had never taught honors chemistry before, she was wondering what the difference was between honors and general chemistry. I got an email the other day from a teacher who was teaching honors chemistry.
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