Chemistry Education in the ICT Age

1. Front Matter

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2. Chemistry and Chemical Education as a Bridge to Peace

   • Z. M. Lerman

   Pages 1-10

3. “Jeopardy” in the Inorganic Classroom - Teaching Descriptive Chemistry Using a Television Game Show Format

   • J. Van Houten

   Pages 11-17

4. Teaching Thermodynamic Relations Using a Story and Two-Dimensional Cartesian Coordinate System

   • Y.H. Chung

   Pages 19-25

5. Heralding Calamity of Global Warming and Chemistry Role Through a Chorus

   • Y.H. Chung

   Pages 27-30

6. Using the Arts and Computer Animation to Make Chemistry Accessible to All in the Twenty-First Century

   • Z.M. Lerman, D. Morton

   Pages 31-39

7. Chemical Potential from the Beginning

   • R. Rüffler, G. Job

   Pages 41-55

8. The Chemistry of Carbenes and Their Metal Complexes: An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment

   • J.P. Canal, T. Ramnial

   Pages 57-63

9. SATL, Learning Theory, and the Physiology of Learning

   • J.J. Lagowski

   Pages 65-74

10. A Rubric to Guide Curriculum Development of Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Focus on Inquiry

    • L.B. Bruck, S.L. Bretz, M.H. Towns

    Pages 75-83

11. Investigating the Effectiveness of Computer Simulations in the Teaching of “Atomic Structure and Bonding”

    • S. Abdoolatiff, F.B. Narod

    Pages 85-100

12. Networked Learning for an Online Coastal Zone Management Module

    • R.T. Ramessur

    Pages 101-106

13. Moodle in Teacher Training

    • M. Miranowicz

    Pages 107-113

14. SIA@SFU (Science in Action at Simon Fraser University)

    • S. Lavieri, J.P. Canal

    Pages 115-118

15. Context and Chemistry Going Dutch? The Development of a Context-Based Curriculum in the Netherlands

    • J.H. Apotheker

    Pages 119-129

16. Using New Technologies in Teaching Chemistry

    • H. Gulińska

    Pages 131-144

17. The Effectiveness of Lecture Demonstrations to Enhance Learning of Chemistry

    • A. Rade

    Pages 145-151

18. The Use of Writing-Intensive Learning as a Communication and Learning Tool in an Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Course

    • H. Jalali, L. Hanlan, J.P. Canal

    Pages 153-160

19. A Study on the Use of Concept Maps in the Teaching of ‘Chemical Periodicity’ at the Upper Secondary Level

    • A. Douquia, F.B. Narod

    Pages 161-184

20. Non-linear POGIL for Developing Cumulative Skills and Multidisciplinary Chemical Concepts for Non-science and Chemistry Majors

    • R.T. Criasia, A.B. Lees, M.T. Mongelli, Y.-G.K. Shin, H. Stokes-Huby, D.E. Vitale

    Pages 185-195

th th The 20 International Conference on Chemical Education (20 ICCE), which had rd th “Chemistry in the ICT Age” as the theme, was held from 3 to 8 August 2008 at Le Méridien Hotel, Pointe aux Piments, in Mauritius. With more than 200 participants from 40 countries, the conference featured 140 oral and 50 poster presentations. th Participants of the 20 ICCE were invited to submit full papers and the latter were subjected to peer review. The selected accepted papers are collected in this book of proceedings. This book of proceedings encloses 39 presentations covering topics ranging from fundamental to applied chemistry, such as Arts and Chemistry Education, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Chemical Education for Development, Chemistry at Secondary Level, Chemistry at Tertiary Level, Chemistry Teacher Education, Chemistry and Society, Chemistry Olympiad, Context Oriented Chemistry, ICT and Chemistry Education, Green Chemistry, Micro Scale Chemistry, Modern Technologies in Chemistry Education, Network for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Education, Public Understanding of Chemistry, Research in Chemistry Education and Science Education at Elementary Level. We would like to thank those who submitted the full papers and the reviewers for their timely help in assessing the papers for publication. th We would also like to pay a special tribute to all the sponsors of the 20 ICCE and, in particular, the Tertiary Education Commission (http://tec.intnet.mu/) and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (http://www.opcw.org/) for kindly agreeing to fund the publication of these proceedings.

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From the reviews:

“Chemistry education in the ICT age demonstrates that chemistry education remains a lively area of research with much empirical and theoretical work underway, and many active directions for investigation being opened up or developed. … extremely valuable for teacher educators working with (training or current) chemistry teachers, and could also be extremely useful for recommending to new research students looking for possible project areas … . It should also find its way into the libraries of institutions with ongoing research in chemistry education … .”­­­ (Keith S. Taber, Teacher Development, December, 2011)

• Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

  Minu Gupta-Bhowon, Sabina Jhaumeer-Laulloo, Henri Li Kam Wah, Ponnadurai Ramasami

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