Your cart is empty.
  • Home

    Sputnik to smartphones : a half-century of chemistry education / Mary Virginia Orna, editor, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York ; sponsored by the ACS Division of the History of Chemistry.

    Contributor(s): Orna, Mary Virginia [editor.] | American Chemical Society. Division of the History of ChemistryMaterial type: TextTextSeries: ACS symposium series: 1208.Publisher: Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, [2015]Distributor: [Oxford] : Distributed in print by Oxford University Press Description: ix, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780841230743; 0841230749Subject(s): Chemistry -- Study and teaching -- Western countries -- History -- 20th century | Chemistry -- Study and teaching | Western countries | 1900-1999Genre/Form: History.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Sputnik to smartphonesDDC classification: 540.71 LOC classification: QD40 | .S75 2015
    Contents:
    Introduction: The Evolution and Practice of Chemical Education / Mary Virginia Orna -- Getting It Right: A Paradigm for the Education of Chemists / Jerry A. Bell -- New Models for Teacher Preparation and Enhancement / Barbara Pressey Sitzman -- Access and Diversity: Role of the Two-Year College / Amina Khalifa El-Ashmawy -- College Chemistry for Nonscientists / A. Truman Schwartz -- What Can the Learning Sciences Tell Us about Learning Chemistry? / Melanie M. Cooper -- Enhancing and Assessing Conceptual Understanding / Diane M. Bunce -- Visualization: The Key to Understanding Chemistry Concepts / R. M. Kelly -- Teaching Electrolysis with Guided Inquiry / Thomas J. Greenbowe -- Impact of Technology on Chemistry Instruction / Robert A. Pribush -- Laboratory Instruction: Less Verification-More Discovery / Lucy P. Eubanks -- Evolution of Undergraduate Research as a Critical Component in the Education of Chemists / Allie C. Larkin -- Standards and Expectations / Patricia J. Smith -- Are Content Tests All the Assessment We Need? / Jeffrey Raker -- ACS's Role in Improving Chemistry Education -- Synergism among Governance, Chemistry Teachers, and Staff / Martha K. Lester -- Developments in Chemical Education: Influences, Successes, and Disappointments in Curriculum Adaptations by Other Countries / Henry W. Heikkinen -- Challenges for the Next Generation / I. Dwaine Eubanks -- Editor's Biography -- Indexes -- Author Index.
    Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
        Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
    Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
    Books Books Female Library
    		QD40 .S75 2015 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) 1 Available STACKS 51952000342625
    Books Books Main Library
    		QD40 .S75 2015 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) 1 Available STACKS 51952000342632

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: The Evolution and Practice of Chemical Education / Mary Virginia Orna -- 2. Getting It Right: A Paradigm for the Education of Chemists / Jerry A. Bell -- 3. New Models for Teacher Preparation and Enhancement / Barbara Pressey Sitzman -- 4. Access and Diversity: Role of the Two-Year College / Amina Khalifa El-Ashmawy -- 5. College Chemistry for Nonscientists / A. Truman Schwartz -- 6. What Can the Learning Sciences Tell Us about Learning Chemistry? / Melanie M. Cooper -- 7. Enhancing and Assessing Conceptual Understanding / Diane M. Bunce -- 8. Visualization: The Key to Understanding Chemistry Concepts / R. M. Kelly -- 9. Teaching Electrolysis with Guided Inquiry / Thomas J. Greenbowe -- 10. Impact of Technology on Chemistry Instruction / Robert A. Pribush -- 11. Laboratory Instruction: Less Verification-More Discovery / Lucy P. Eubanks -- 12. Evolution of Undergraduate Research as a Critical Component in the Education of Chemists / Allie C. Larkin -- 13. Standards and Expectations / Patricia J. Smith -- 14. Are Content Tests All the Assessment We Need? / Jeffrey Raker -- 15. ACS's Role in Improving Chemistry Education -- Synergism among Governance, Chemistry Teachers, and Staff / Martha K. Lester -- 16. Developments in Chemical Education: Influences, Successes, and Disappointments in Curriculum Adaptations by Other Countries / Henry W. Heikkinen -- 17. Challenges for the Next Generation / I. Dwaine Eubanks -- Editor's Biography -- Indexes -- Author Index.

    1 2

    There are no comments on this title.

    to post a comment.