Future Directions of Chemistry Education Research
The September 2013 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online [http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jceda8/90/9]. This latest issue of JCE plus the content of all past issues, volumes 1 through 90, are available at http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc.
Cover: A New Approach to General Chemistry and a Model for Curriculum Reform
Melanie Cooper and Michael Klymkowsky present a rationale for why curriculum reform is necessary, and how it can be accomplished, based on current understandings of teaching and learning at the college level. They present a model for curriculum development and use their new two-semester, introductory chemistry course—CLUE: Chemistry, Life, the Universe, and Everything—as an example of materials developed in this way.
Chemistry Education Research
In this month's Editorial, Marcy H. Towns, Associate Editor of JCE, announces new content requirements for Chemistry Education Research (CER) manuscripts in JCE and discusses future directions of the field.
Effect of Different Types of Small-Group Activities on Students’ Conversations by Krista K. Young and Vicente Talanquer
Validating Chemistry Faculty Members’ Self-Reported Familiarity with Assessment Terminology by Mary Emenike, Jeffrey R. Raker, and Thomas Holme
Innovative Approaches to the General Chemistry Laboratory
A Process for Developing Introductory Science Laboratory Learning Goals To Enhance Student Learning and Instructional Alignment by Jennifer M. Duis, Laurel L. Schafer, Sophia Nussbaum, and Jaclyn J. Stewart
Changing the First-Year Chemistry Laboratory Manual To Implement a Problem-Based Approach That Improves Student Engagement by Thamara Laredo
Development and Preliminary Impacts of the Implementation of an Authentic Research-Based Experiment in General Chemistry by Janice Hall Tomasik, Katelyn E. Cottone, Mitchell T. Heethuis, and Anja Mueller
Using a Thematic Laboratory-Centered Curriculum To Teach General Chemistry by Todd A. Hopkins and Michael Samide
Developing Online Collaboration Skills in the General Chemistry Laboratory by Scott A. Sinex and Theodore L. Chambers
Computer-Based Learning
Online Homework Put to the Test: A Report on the Impact of Two Online Learning Systems on Student Performance in General Chemistry by Jack F. Eichler and Junelyn Peeples
Exploring Transmedia: The Rip-Mix-Learn Classroom by Lucille A. Benedict, David T. Champlin, and Harry E. Pence
Understanding Hydrophobic & Hydrophilic Materials
Preparation of Transparent Superhydrophobic Glass Slides: Demonstration of Surface Chemistry Characteristics by Jessica X. H. Wong and Hua-Zhong Yu
Going inside Colored Solutions: The Optical Microscope as a Tool for Studying the Chemistry of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Materials by Riam Abu-Much, Sobhi Basheer, Ahmad Basheer, and Muhamad Hugerat
Consumer Chemicals in the Lab
Determination of Calcium in Powdered Milk via X-ray Fluorescence Using External Standard and Standard Addition Based Methods by Jason C. Chan and Peter T. Palmer
Glucose Determination in Beverages Using Carbon Nanotube Modified Biosensor: An Experiment for the Undergraduate Laboratory by J. Mark Hobbs, Niral N. Patel, Daniel W. Kim, Joseph K. Rugutt, and Adam K. Wanekaya
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Analysis of Single-Origin Chocolates for Methylxanthine Composition and Provenance Determination by Shannon E. Stitzel and Ryan E. Sours
A Two-Step Synthesis of the Laundry Detergent Perfume Additive β-Citronellyl Tosylate by Cheryl M. Mascarenhas
Cost-Effective Teaching Materials
Introducing Colorimetric Analysis with Camera Phones and Digital Cameras: An Activity for High School or General Chemistry by Eric Kehoe and R. Lee Penn
Using a Hands-On Method To Help Students Learn Inorganic Chemistry Nomenclature via Assembly of Two-Dimensional Shapes by Amalio Garrido-Escudero
Building Molecular Models Using Screw-On Bottle Caps by Dawid Siodłak
Proflavine–DNA Binding Using a Handheld Fluorescence Spectrometer: A Laboratory for Introductory Chemistry by Swapan S. Jain, Christopher N. LaFratta, Andres Medina, and Ian Pelse
Primers in Physical Chemistry
Chemical Kinetics Laboratory Discussion Worksheet by Dustin Wayne Demoin and Silvia S. Jurisson
Reaction Extrema: Extent of Reaction in General Chemistry by Jonathon E. Vandezande, Douglas A. Vander Griend, and Roger L. DeKock
Beyond the Syllabus: Using the First Day of Class in Physical Chemistry as an Introduction to the Development of Macroscopic, Molecular-Level, and Mathematical Models by Chrystal D. Bruce
A Primer in Monte Carlo Integration Using Mathcad by Chad E. Hoyer and Jeb S. Kegerreis
From the Archives: Green Chemistry
This issue contains an article on integrating green chemistry across the liberal arts curriculum, with the goal of increasing the level of communication and awareness among students from different majors about growing environmental and global issues. Past issues of JCE include many additional articles that incorporate the ideas of green chemistry, including these recent ones:
Green Goggles: Designing and Teaching a General Chemistry Course to Nonmajors Using a Green Chemistry Approach by Sarah Prescott
Green Chemistry and Sustainability: An Undergraduate Course for Science and Nonscience Majors by Erin M. Gross
ConfChem Conference on Educating the Next Generation: Green and Sustainable Chemistry—An Online Conference and the seven succeeding articles from that conference
Fitting It All In: Adapting a Green Chemistry Extraction Experiment for Inclusion in an Undergraduate Analytical Laboratory by Heather L. Buckley, Annelise R. Beck, Martin J. Mulvihill, and Michelle C. Douskey
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