Teaching Chemistry

11 of the Best Books and Articles on: Teaching Chemistry

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Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications (Chap. 16 "Chemistry Education: Context, Theory, and Practice")
by Keith W. Prichard, R. McLaran Sawyer. 474 pgs.

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College professors are becoming increasingly committed to effective teaching, and much has been done to improve instructional methods. This book provides solid theoretical information on educational psychology and presents practical information on teaching particular disciplines. The volume also overviews different instructional techniques and settings, and discusses general concerns likely to face college faculty.

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Recent Titles in the Greenwood Educators' Reference Collection

Contents

Introduction

Part I: Psychological Foundations of Teaching and Learning

1: The College Classroom from the Perspective of Cognitive Psychology

2: Student Motivation in the College Classroom

3: Student and Faculty Epistemology in the College Classroom: the Perry Schema of Intellectual and Ethical Development

4: Student Personality Factors: Psychological Type and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Part II: Methods of College Instruction

5: The Lecture Method

6: Classroom Discussions

7: Workshop Methods

8: Team-Teaching Methods

9: Team Learning: Making a Case for the Small-Group Option

10: The Laboratory Classroom

11: Case-Method Teaching

12: Tutorials and Independent Study as Methods of Instruction

13: Field Trips as a Teaching Method

14: Television Teaching: Course Reconfiguration Guidelines

Part III: Teaching Specific Academic Areas

15: Teaching Biology

16: Chemistry Education: Context, Theory, and Practice

17: Teaching English: the Canon and the Sophomore Survey

18: Teaching Ethnic Studies

19: Teaching French in a Liberal-Arts Setting

20: Teaching History

21: Teaching Mathematics in a State University

22: Teaching Physics at a Liberal-Arts College: Creativity, Appreciation, and Delight

23: Teaching Psychology: the Promise of Polarities

24: Teaching Women's Studies: Contamination or Cure?

Part IV: Special Problems That Confront the Undergraduate Faculty Member: Classroom Settings an Student Personnel

25: Teaching Large Classes (How to Do It Well and Remain Sane)

26: Teaching Small Classes

27: Students in and out of the Classroom

28: Dealing with Troublesome Behaviors in the Classroom

29: Students at Risk for Academic Failure: Learning to Learn Classes

30: Instructional Considerations for College Students with Disabilities

Part V: The Job of Being a College Instructor

31: Classroom Management and Organization

32: Textbook Selection: Watch out for "Inconsiderate" Texts

33: Tips for Tests and Test Giving

34: Grading Student Achievement

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Editors and Contributors
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It Worked a Different Way, in College Teaching
by Merrill S. Blackman, Patricia Dooley, Bill Kuchinski, David Chapman. 2 pgs.
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Chemistry and Writing, in College Teaching
by Todd M. Hamilton. 3 pgs.
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Aligning General Chemistry Laboratory with Lecture at a Large University, in School Science and Mathematics
by Warren J. Dibiase, Eugene P. Wagner. 13 pgs.
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Teachers and Teaching: From Classroom to Reflection (Chap. 6 "Transforming Chemistry Research into Chemistry Teaching: The Complexities of Adopting New Frames for Experience")
by Hugh Munby, Tom Russell. 219 pgs.

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Acknowledgments

1: Frames of Reflection: an Introduction

2: The Significance of Teachers' Frames for Teaching

3: Collaborative Reflection, Systematic Enquiry, Better Teaching

4: A Cognitive Analysis of Patterns in Science Instruction by Expert and Novice Teachers

5: Philosophical, Subject Matter and Classroom Understandings: a Case of History Teaching

6: Transforming Chemistry Research into Chemistry Teaching: the Complexities of Adopting New Frames for Experience

7: Creating Cases for the Development of Teacher Knowledge

8: Narrative and Story in Teacher Education

9: Teaching for Reflection: Being Reflective

10: Practitioner Research and Programs of Initial Teacher Education

11: The Content of Student Teachers' Reflections Within Different Structures for Facilitating the Reflective Process

12: The Roles of Reflective Practice and Foundational Disciplines in Teacher Education

Notes on Contributors

Name Index

Subject Index
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Instructional Strategies in Organic Chemistry Teaching: Perception of Science and Agriculture Undergraduate Students in Botswana, in Education
by Deepa Sanjay Mahajan, Girija Shankar Singh. 7 pgs.
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Assessing Investigative Skill Development in Inquiry-Based and Traditional College Science Laboratory Courses, in School Science and Mathematics
by Jerry P. Suits. 9 pgs.
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Combining Cooperative Learning and Multimedia in General Chemistry, in Education
by Harry E. Pence. 6 pgs.
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Lights, Camera, Reaction! The Interactive Videodisc: A Tool for Teaching Chemistry, in T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
by Loretta L. Jones, Stanley G. Smith. 8 pgs.
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Teaching Chemistry with Models (1962)
by R. T. Sanderson. 182 pgs.

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Preface

Contents

Tables

Chapter 1 Atomic Models

Chapter 2 Molecular, Ionic, and Crystal Models

Chapter 3 Physical States and Physical Properties of the Elements

Chapter 4 General Applications of Molecular, Ionic, and Crystal Models

Chapter 5 Water and Its Ions

Chapter 6 Oxides

Chapter 7 Chemistry of Hydrogen

Chapter 8 Chemistry of Halogens

Chapter 9 Miscellaneous Model Applications

Chapter 10 Model Construction

Bibliography

Index
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How Holistic Scoring Kept Writing Alive in Chemistry, in College Teaching
by M. L. Rodgers. 5 pgs.

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