Spotlight on AP Chemistry

Deanna Cullen | Wed, 08/06/2014 - 09:14

Greg Rushton and I presented in the George Hague Memorial AP/IB Chemistry Symposium at the 2014 BCCE conference in Michigan. We are excited to highlight the first SPECIAL ISSUE of the Journal of Education covering AP Chemistry. Given the new AP Curriculum, the time was right to put out a call for papers last year asking stake holders to weigh in on the topic. We are happy with the well rounded response and hope you will take a look at the issue. Most of the articles are already live on the JCE Web site. We are interested in your comments and also encourage suggestions of topics for future Special Issues that will be of interest specifically for the high school audience.

Introducing the Journal of Chemical Education’s “Special Issue: Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry” ~ Greg Rushton's Editorial

Integrating ‘big ideas’ with a traditional topic sequence in the AP Chemistry course: first steps ~ Christopher Kennedy

Reflections on the Curriculum Framework Underpinning the Redesigned Advanced Placement Chemistry Course~David Yaron

Understanding and Using the New Guided- Inquiry AP Chemistry Laboratory Manual~Kristen Cacciatore

Exploring Interactive and Dynamic Simulations Using a Computer Algebra System in an Advanced Placement Chemistry~Paul Matsumoto

Comparing recent organizing templates for test content between ACS Exams in General Chemistry and AP Chemistry~Thomas Holme

Effects of the Flipped Classroom Model on Student Performance for Advanced Placement High School Chemistry Students~David Schultz, Stacy Duffield, Seth Rasmussen, Justin Wageman

How the Chemistry Modeling Curriculum Engages Students in Seven Science Practices Outlined by the College Board ~Erica Posthuma-Adams

Assessing Advanced High School and Undergraduate Students' Thinking Skills: The "Chemistry—From the Nanoscale to Microelectronics" Module~Yehudit Dori, Vered Dangur, Shirly Avargil, Uri Peskin

The Development of Multiple-Choice Items Consistent with the AP Chemistry Curriculum Framework to More Accurately Assess Deeper Understanding~John Domyancich

Photoelectron Spectroscopy in Advanced Placement Chemistry~James Benigna

Data First: Building Scientific Reasoning in AP Chemistry via the Concept Development Study Approach~Carolyn Nichol, Amber Szymczyk, John Hutchinson