Every Year Begins a Millennium

Jerry A. Bell
Education and International Activities Division, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC 20036-4800
J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77 (9), p 1098
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p1098
Publication Date (Web): September 1, 2000

Abstract

Every year is another year to consider experimenting with new ideas, challenges, and opportunities in our classrooms and laboratories. Many of us have learned what we think are effective teaching strategies by such experimentation. In my case, these lessons learned have included activity-based learning in many settings, emphasis on depth of understanding of basic concepts, making many connections among experiences, and adaptations to the learners. This article outlines a series of demonstrations and their contexts, that trace my pathway to learning these lessons. What I learned along the way leads to recommendations about what we teach and how we teach. Every new idea we pursue or challenge we take on has the potential to have long term consequences. Every year begins a millennium.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Demonstrations

Keywords (Feature):

Award Address

Keywords (Subject):

Acids / Bases

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  • Received: August 03, 2009

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