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JCE 96.06 June 2019 Issue Highlights

Mary Saecker | Wed, 06/12/2019 - 13:03

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Teaching and Learning: A Team Effort

The June 2019 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: Characterizing Color; Inquiry-Based Activities and Projects; Learning with Games; Culturally Relevant Chemistry; Exploring the Design and Building of Instrumentation; Teaching Nanochemistry; Laboratory Experiments; Computational Chemistry; Chemical Education Research; Teaching Resources; Banking on the Archives: Using Currency To Teach Chemistry; Call for Papers: Chemical Safety Education.

Formative Assessment via Redox Reactions

Stephanie O'Brien | Wed, 04/24/2019 - 15:51

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My district recently provided a professional development session focused on utilizing three dimensional formative assessments in the classroom. The ideas I learned in the session as well an an activity for students to engage in formative assessment are outlined.

Video-Enhanced Automatically-Graded Web-Based Pre-Lab Tutorials

Glenn Lo | Wed, 03/20/2019 - 11:36

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In our freshman Chemistry laboratory course at Nicholls State University, tutorials (with embedded quizzes) are used as pre-lab assignments. The text and graphical information provide a sufficient basis to answer all the questions, but YouTube videos are embedded for students who may need additional help. The tutorials could be easily adapted for flipped instruction in high school and college lecture courses.

SBG Hacks: Choose Your Own Adventure Quiz

Lauren Stewart | Thu, 03/07/2019 - 11:06

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I am sharing a hack I use in my standards based grading (SBG) classroom to help things run more smoothly.

peergrade- Student Electronically Peer Edit

Chad Husting | Sun, 02/17/2019 - 09:03

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A paper that is peer reviewed multiple times garners enormous amounts of feedback to the student that one teacher cannot provide. This site offers a manageable system to do just that without overwhelming the teacher with the task of grading.

Mole Unit Mini-Practicums

Lauren Stewart | Thu, 02/07/2019 - 17:59

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We all know how fundamental the mole concept is for stoichiometry. This year I brainstormed ways to really make it stick. I decided to do multiple mini-practicums, one for each learning target of the mole unit. I am sharing brief descriptions of the mini-practicums I did for each learning target.

Common Questions About the AP Chemistry Exam

Kristen Drury | Mon, 02/04/2019 - 12:17

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Answers to common questions about the AP Chemistry Exam format, content, and grading.

Improvisation in the Classroom

Stephanie O'Brien | Sat, 01/12/2019 - 17:10

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I recently attended a workshop at my state conference about improvisation techniques to use in the classroom. As a teacher we are challenged to constantly adapt our pedagogical techniques to meet the needs of our learners, and this workshop provided some new strategies to do just that.