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Activities to Promote Higher-Order Thinking in Virtual Asynchronous Chemistry Learning

Josh Kenney | Wed, 07/15/2020 - 15:53

The 2020 global pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 forced millions of teachers to switch from in-person to online instruction. With minimal training in online teaching, many substandard learning environments were quickly rolled out. In this post, the author describes two metacognitive learning activities that are easy to incorporate into an online learning environment.

AACT Virtual Summer Symposia

Kristen Drury | Wed, 07/01/2020 - 11:45

AACT has organized eight virtual symposia to provide professional development for teachers this summer. These symposia can truly help teachers plan for the next school year and virtually “see” one another to share ideas and concerns.

NGSS during e-Learning Part 1

Stephanie O'Brien | Tue, 05/26/2020 - 11:17

With the end of school upon us and the possibility of remote instruction in the fall, here are some techniques  to address four NGSS science and engineering practices; Planning and Carrying out Investigations, Asking Questions and Defining Problems, Developing and Using Models, Analyzing and Interpreting Data.

 

JCE 97.05 May 2020 Issue Highlights

Mary Saecker | Wed, 05/13/2020 - 09:53

Chemistry Education in Times of Disruption 

The of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: understanding structures; digital information and web-based learning; exploring everyday chemistry; curriculum innovations; games for teaching; NMR spectroscopy; examining properties of organic liquids; biochemistry laboratories; analytical and physical chemistry laboratories; computational chemistry; innovative low-cost instruments; research on knowledge and skills for teachers and chemists; from the archives: hands-on chemistry at home.

#OnlinePivot and Life during COVID-19

Clarissa Sorens... | Fri, 04/10/2020 - 11:35

March came and went, and our whole world- individually and as an aggregate- was turned upside down with COVID-19 and its radically imposed isolation. Face-2-Face (F2F) instruction is now online and remote. Remote teaching. Remote learning. This post is based on the simple question- How does remote teaching change our ability to teach? 

Computer Based Labs - eBook

Thomas Manning | Wed, 04/01/2020 - 17:16

 

This book is filled with computer based labs that can be used in a range of classes from high school chemistry to an undergraduate course in physical chemistry. Bentham Science has generously provided free online access to the eBook through June 30, 2020.

Teaching in the Time of COVID-19

Ariel Serkin | Sun, 03/29/2020 - 07:26

No one really knows how to immediately transform an in person class to a distance learning environment. We struggle to provide an equitable education, whatever that looks like, for all our students and make accommodations for differences in learning abilities, home lives, internet access, in addition to mental and physical health.