Synopses & Reviews
Intended for anyone who teaches chemistry, this book examines applications of learning theories—presenting actual techniques and practices that respected professors have used to implement and achieve their goals.
Introduction: Chemistry and Chemical Education; Exploring the Impact of Teaching Styles on Student Learning in Both Traditional and Innovative Classes; Guided Inquiry and the Learning Cycle; Teaching to Achieve Conceptual Change; Transforming Lecture Halls with Cooperative Learning; Using Visualization Techniques in Chemistry Teaching; POGIL: Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning; Peer-Led Team Learning: Scientific Learning and Discovery; Peer-Led Team Learning: Organic Chemistry; Practical Issues on the Development, Implementation, and Assessment of a Fully Integrated Laboratory-Lecture Teaching Environment; Model-Observe-Reflect-Explain (MORE) Thinking Frame Instruction: Promoting Reflective Laboratory Experiences to Improve Understanding of Chemistry; Technology Based Inquiry Oriented Activities for Large Lecture Environments; Using Visualization Technology and Group Activities in Large Chemistry Courses; Computer Animations of Chemical Processes at the Molecular Level; Symbolic Mathematics in the Chemistry Curriculum: Facilitating the Understanding of Mathematical Models used in Chemistry; Chemistry Is in the News: They Why and Wherefore of Integrating Popular News Media into the Chemistry Classroom; Chemistry at a Science Museum; The Journal of Chemical Education Digital Library: Enhancing Learning with Online Resources.
A useful reference for chemistry educators.
Table of Contents
Preface Norbert J. Pienta, Melanie M. Cooper, and Thomas J. Greenbowe
Part I: Incorporating the Big Ideas in the Chemistry Classroom
Chapter 1: Introduction: Chemistry and Chemical Education
Richard N. Zare
Chapter 2: Exploring the Impact of Teaching Styles on Student Learning in Both Traditional and Innovative Classes
Diane M. Bunce
Chapter 3: Guided Inquiry and the Learning Cycle
Mark S. Cracolice
Chapter 4: Teaching to Achieve Conceptual Change
Gabriela C. Weaver
Chapter 5: Transforming Lecture Halls with Cooperative Learning
Lynn Geiger, Loretta Jones and Idahlynn Karre
Chapter 6: Using Visualization Techniques in Chemistry Teaching
Vickie M. Williamson and Thomas J. Jose
Part II: Implementing Specific Approaches to Teaching and Learning Chemistry
Chapter 7: POGIL: Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning
Richard S. Moog, Frank J. Creegan, David M. Hanson, James N. Spencer, Andrei Straumanis, Diane M. Bunce and Troy Wolfskill
Chapter 8: Peer-Led Team Learning: Scientific Learning and Discovery
David K. Gosser Jr.
Chapter 9: Peer-Led Team Learning: Organic Chemistry
Jack Kampmeier and Pratibha Varma Nelson
Chapter 10: Practical Issues on the Development, Implementation, and Assessment of a Fully Integrated Laboratory-Lecture Teaching Environment
Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo
Chapter 11: Model-Observe-Reflect-Explain (MORE) Thinking Frame Instruction: Promoting Reflective Laboratory Experiences to Improve Understanding of Chemistry
Dawn Rickey, Melonie A. Teichert and Lydia T. Tien
Chapter 12: Technology Based Inquiry Oriented Activities for Large Lecture Environments
Michael A. Abraham and John I. Gelder
Chapter 13: Using Visualization Technology and Group Activities in Large Chemistry Courses
James B. Birk, Richard C. Bauer and Debra E. Leedy
Chapter 14: Computer Animations of Chemical Processes at the Molecular Level
Michael J. Sanger
Chapter 15: Symbolic Mathematics in the Chemistry Curriculum: Facilitating the Understanding of Mathematical Models used in Chemistry
Theresa Julia Zielinski
Part III: Teaching and Learning Chemistry Outside the Classroom
Chapter 16: Chemistry Is in the News: They Why and Wherefore of Integrating Popular News Media into the Chemistry Classroom
Kathleen M. Carson, Deborah L. Hume, Yongqiang “John” Sui, Susan Schelble and Rainer E. Glaser
Chapter 17: Chemistry at a Science Museum
Robert G. Silberman
Chapter 18: The Journal of Chemical Education Digital Library: Enhancing Learning with Online Resources
John W. Moore, Elizabeth A. Moore, Jon L. Holmes, Rachel Bain, Ieva Reich, William F. Coleman, Hans J. Reich, Ed Vitz, Theresa Julia Zeilinski