Nanotechnology items for ACS Exams standardized tests

CHED 872

Thomas A Holme, tholme@uwm.edu, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201
Innovations in education often face resistance to adoption based on artifacts of the field. In chemistry, the existance of nationally standardized exams from the ACS Exams Institute represents one artifact that is not present in many disciplines. This paper will discuss the strategy that has been used to devise high quality items with nanotechnology connections and present a report on the progress of incorporating items such as this into exams. The possible use of this strategy for other innovative content coverage will also be noted.

This project is funded by the National Science Foundation, under grant CHE-0408378.

 

Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Education
1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Monday, March 26, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N227B, Level 2, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007