The initial teaching of kinetics and thermodynamics is taught in general chemistry. It is taught as two unique concepts, separate of each other. In essence, to understand the energy profile of a reaction, one must not only understand the two types of energy important to the reaction, kinetic and thermodynamic, but also the interplay between the two . Even a class that integrates them and 265 teaches the relationship between the two still sees this issue, as the summer session and the subsequent fall session described in the text did. Because the initial teaching of the material from general chemistry was segmented, it seems as though the students' understanding of the material remains segmented as well .