CHEDMonday, April 7, 2008

8:30 AM-11:35 AM Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Melrose, Oral
ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Dorothy L. Gabel
Organizer, Presiding:Stacey Lowery Bretz
8:30 AMChemistry education research
Stacey Lowery Bretz
8:35 AMInvestigating children's ideas about chemicals
Mary O'Donnell, Stacey Lowery Bretz
8:55 AMParticles and kids: How does understanding develop?
Mary B. Nakhleh, Ala Samarapungavan, Yilmaz Saglam, Jessica K Weller
9:15 AMEffect of gender on achievement when particulate level explanations are used in high school chemistry
Diane M. Bunce
9:35 AMThe particulate nature of matter: The quest for student understanding
Vickie M. Williamson
9:55 AMIntermission
10:05 AMWhat do you mean it was a good class? SourceView's role in modeling chemistry teaching
Amy J. Phelps
10:25 AMTarget inquiry: Transforming high school teacher professional development through research
Ellen J. Yezierski, Deborah G. Herrington
10:45 AMChemCom, particulate representations, and chemistry education in an urban classroom
Donald J. Wink
11:05 AMIntroduction of Dr. Gabel by S.L. Bretz
11:10 AMAward Address (ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry, sponsored by Pearson Education). Chemistry for K-8 prospective teachers
Dorothy L. Gabel

Symposium Grid -- Division of Chemical Education -- Session Listing

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008