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Making chemistry relevant : strategies for including all students in a learner-sensitive classroom environment

Author: Sharmistha Basu-Dutt
Publisher: Hoboken : Wiley, ©2010.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Unique new approaches for making chemistry accessible to diverse students" "Students' interest and achievement in academics improve dramatically when they make connections between what they are learning and the potential uses of that knowledge i n the workplace and/or in the world at large. Making Chemistry Relevant presents a unique collection of strategies that have been used successfully in chemistry classrooms  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Sharmistha Basu-Dutt
ISBN: 9780470278987 0470278986
OCLC Number: 437053988
Description: xiii, 289 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Philosophical, cognitive, and sociological roots for connections in chemistry teaching and learning / Donald J. Wink --
Chemistry and the environment: a SENCER model course / Amy M. Shachter --
CORD's applications in biology/chemistry: teaching science in the context of major life issues / Bonnie Rinard and Mark Whitney --
The science of terrorism: an interdisciplinary course for nonscience majors / Laura Post Eisen --
Chemistry for the twenty-first century: bringing the "real world" into the lab / Gautam Bhattacharyya --
Student-centered, active learning pedagogies in chemistry education / Gail Marshall --
Creating a relevant, learner-centered classroom for allied health chemistry / Laura DeLong Frost --
Working with chemistry: a laboratory inquiry program / Julie Ellefson --
Making chemistry relevant to science and engineering majors / Julie K. Bartley ... [et al.] --
The center for authentic science practice in education: integrating science research into the undergraduate laboratory curriculum / Cianán B. Russell ... [et al.] --
Enriching the chemistry experience for all students: sensorial experiments that include visually challenged students / Maria Oliver-Hoyo --
Media in chemistry education / William J. Donovan --
A walk on the applied side: developing hypermedia for physical chemistry / Erik M. Epp and Gabriela C. Weaver --
Effective use of games and puzzles in the chemistry classroom / Thomas D. Crute III.
Responsibility: edited by Sharmistha Basu-Dutt.
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Stemming from a series of National Science Foundation grants and initiatives, this book presents a unique collection of strategies that are effective in chemistry classrooms.  Read more...
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"Overall, this is not a book that requires reading from cover to cover; rather, it can be 'dipped into' for inspiration when developing new resources to capture the imagination of our chemistry Read more...

 
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