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JCE 96.08 August 2019 Issue Highlights

Mary Saecker | Mon, 08/19/2019 - 14:58

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Chemistry Education: A Bridge to the Future

The August 2019 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: authentic chemistry laboratories; student motivation, sustained interest, and student success; student understanding of fundamental concepts; aids to assessment; computer-based learning; active learning activities; engaging polymer chemistry activities; experimenting with flavor and food; organic chemistry laboratories; spectroscopy laboratories; acid-base chemistry; from the archives: polymer properties.

Career Profile: Chemist & Technical Staff for Sandia National Laboratories

Sam Eaton | Thu, 08/08/2019 - 14:39

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I am a chemist and member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, CA. Technical staff members are expected to apply their expertise to a variety of ongoing scientific research projects.

Special Knowledge That Only Teachers Have

Josh Kenney | Wed, 03/13/2019 - 15:02

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Developing PCK requires a certain level of subject matter knowledge, and teachers have a different understanding of subject matter than a person who specializes in that same field. A chemistry teacher and a ‘practicing’ chemist both have subject matter knowledge in chemistry; however, the knowledge is applied differently.

Are Great Teachers Born or Made?

Josh Kenney | Thu, 02/07/2019 - 06:22

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Many researchers have attempted to characterize the knowledge of an expert teacher, and it's complex, to say the least.

Career Profile: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Dr. Nakita K. Noel

Nakita Noel | Tue, 01/15/2019 - 13:39

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Read Dr. Nakita Noel’s career profile describing her background and her current position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Princeton Research Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials.

Josh Kenney is Teaching, Youtubing, and Researching Chemistry Education

Josh Kenney | Mon, 01/14/2019 - 14:53

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I think that most people can recall someone whom we considered to be a great teacher. The kind of person who inspired us and motivated us to learn. As I started my career, I remember wondering what kind of teacher my students thought I was.

Charred Marshmallow Souffle

Tom Kuntzleman | Thu, 09/27/2018 - 13:51

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A new event called "The Mole"was unveiled at BCCE 2018. I told the story of how one of my students discovered how to make marshmallows spark in the microwave oven.

JCE 95.09 September 2018 Issue Highlights

Mary Saecker | Thu, 09/13/2018 - 12:25

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The September 2018 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: reticular chemistry; laboratory research experience for students; historical perspective; chemistry and the environment; laboratories using color to understand chemistry; electrochemistry laboratories; DIY instrumentation; organic semiconductors; orbitals; computer-based learning and computational chemistry; from the archives: paper chromatography.