CHED 165 |
| There is increasing interest in laboratory exercises emphasizing the investigative process. Similarly, appreciation is growing for the significance of incorporating a service learning element to laboratory courses. The general chemistry laboratories have been modified to include a research supportive curriculum approach with a service learning component. Students create their own knowledge through a discovery pedagogy where hypotheses are formed and tested. Chemical principals are revealed rather than verified as with the traditional format. Cooperative learning is used to emphasize the collaborative nature of scientific discoveries by relying on the division of labor, pooling data, and group discussions of results. Students carry out projects each term. In the first term, a new discovery oriented laboratory exercise is developed and in the second term, students generate and carry out a discovery emphasized activity for K-sixth grade. This presentation describes the pedagogy, mechanics, and logistics of the new approach. |
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Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning
1:30 PM-4:55 PM, Monday, 11 September 2006 San Francisco Marriott -- Salon A1, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |