What Can Science Educators Teach Chemists about Teaching Chemistry? A Symposium: Getting Chemistry Off the Killer Course List.

Rowe, Mary Budd

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Publication Date: 1983

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What Can Science Educators Teach Chemists about Teaching Chemistry? A Symposium: Getting Chemistry Off the Killer Course List.

Rowe, Mary Budd

Journal of Chemical Education, v60 n11 p954-56 Nov 1983

Presents findings from research studies which suggest that changes in teaching procedures can increase survival rates in chemistry. Using 2-minute pauses in lecture and 3-second wait times in discussions, learning chemistry in context of major from which student comes, and computer applications are recommended. (JN)

Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Lecture Method, Questioning Techniques, Science Education, Science Instruction, Short Term Memory, Time Factors (Learning)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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