Winter 2007CONFCHEM


Welcome to CONFCHEM

International Conference on First-Year College Chemistry

An on-line conference, Jan.-Feb. 2007
Abstracts Papers Instructions Discussion Archive
 
 

January and February, 2007

ONLINE CONFCHEM CONFERENCE: "INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE CHEMISTRY"

This online conference will feature papers and discussion about various aspects of first-year undergraduate chemistry as taught in countries all over the world. Among the featured presenters will be ICUC members Gabriel Pinto (Spain), Supriya Sihi (Houston, Texas), and Jill Robinson, (Indiana University). Others are welcome to submit a paper, particularly those from outside the U.S.A.

Conference organizer: Professor Paul Kelter

Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL 61801
pkelter@uiuc.edu
Phone: +(217)-333-6845

http://icuc.chem.uiuc.edu/icucwebsite/

 

Papers & Schedule

Date

Paper Title

Author, Affiliation
January 29 - February 4, 2007

P1. NEW TRENDS IN LEARNING STRUCTURES IN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENCOURAGING CRITICAL THINKING IN CHEMISTRY STUDENTS

Gabriel Pinto, Grupo de Innovación Educativa de Didáctica de la Química, ETS de Ingenieros Industriales (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid). gabriel.pinto@upm.es

February 5 - February 11, 2007

 

P2. “Less is More:” The 1:2:1 Curriculum at Indiana University

Jill K. Robinson (jirobins@indiana.edu), Kate Reck, Martha G. Oakley, Indiana University, Department of Chemistry, 800 E. Kirkwood, Bloomington, IN 47401
February 12-18, 2007

THE PREPARATION OF CHEMISTRY TEACHERS AT HIGH SCHOOL AND FRESHMEN LEVEL IN A FRAMEWORK OF ACTIVITY-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING

Bell Jerry, ACS (j_bell@acs.org), Mueller G., UNAM; M.Llano, UNAM; Miller B., ACS

February 19 - February 25, 2007

P3. First experiences teaching General, Organic, Biological (GOB) Chemistry lecture on-line.

James F. Kirby, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT 06518.

February 26 - March 4, 2007

P4. TO TEACH AND LEARN CHEMISTRY IS VITAL TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THIS SENSE IN MEXICO?

Adela Castillejos Salazar. Facultad de Química. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

adelac@servidor.unam.mx

English translation of TO TEACH AND LEARN CHEMISTRY IS VITAL TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THIS SENSE IN MEXICO?
March 5 - March 11, 2007

P5. First Year Chemistry in two countries oceans apart: United States of America and India

Supriya Sihi, Chemistry, Houston Community College, Houston, Texas, USA

supriya.sihi@hccs.edu

March 12-18, 2007

P6. BestChoice, an interactive learning system:
Supporting learning in large classes

Sheila Woodgate and David Titheridge
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

sd.woodgate@auckland.ac.nz
 

Brief Instructions

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