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Session |
Date/Time |
Location |
Topic |
Facilitator |
22
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July 8, 2002
12:00 noon to 1:00pm
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Faculty/Staff
Lounge, Room 245
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Homework: Expectation vs Reality
Homework? What Homework (Chronicle
of Higher Ed, December 6, 2002, p.A35)
pdf
If I Quiz Them, They Will Come (Chronicle of Higher
Ed, June 21, 2002, p.B5) pdf
The rule of thumb in college is 2 hrs.(minimum) of study for each hour of
class.
In college, most learning is done outside of class.
The most important difference between high school and college is that YOU
must take primary responsibility for your education.
Consensus: Those present felt it would
be worthwhile for the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee to consider
writing a "Recommendation" that everyone would be invited to place on
their syllabus. A starting point might be:
http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/policies/semestercon.html#work |
Joe
(10)
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21
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June 10, 2002
12:00 noon to 1:00pm
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Faculty/Staff
Lounge, Room 245
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Student Laptops
"Chapel Hill Seeks Best Role for Students' Laptops",
F. Olsen, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 21 Sep 01, p. A31 (here
in pdf format). There is also an on-line discussion of this
paper/topic here.
"Duke U. Decides Against Requiring
Freshmen to Own Laptops",
F. Olsen, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 Jan 02, p. 44 (here
in pdf format).
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Ken
(8)
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20
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May 13, 2002
12:00 noon
to
1:00pm
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Faculty/Staff
Lounge, Room 245
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Classroom-Based Games that Promote Active Learning
Discussion on successfully using classroom games to
enliven classroom activities as students struggle with recalling
information, using concepts, drawing analogies and increasing critical
thinking skills. Games range from Bingo, to UNO, from Concentration
to Wheel-of-Fortune.
"Two reasons why games are encouraged in teaching--they are fun (which is
motivational to students) and they provide practice for students to use content/knowledge, especially at higher thinking skill levels, and get
immediate feedback on their responses. Although not all games give this type of practice--applying, analyzing or synthesizing information--they do
(should) provide practice opportunities with immediate feedback, which is crucial for effective
learning" (JN, 2/25/02)
See also, the "Sciences
Jeopardy Games" web site.
See also, the results of a search on J.Chem.Ed
on "games".
Highpoints of the Discussion (in
pdf format).
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Catherine
Palmer
School of Health and
Rehabilitation Sciences
and
Carol
Washburn
Senior Instructional Designer, CIDDE
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19
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March 11, 2002
12:00 noon
to
1:00pm
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Faculty/Staff
Lounge, Room 245
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How do we Evaluate the the Success of Our Undergraduate
Program?
a discussion on what we might use to decide if
our program is as successful as we would like it to be (National Awards
won by our undergrads? a survey of recent BS grads? Placement
after earning the BS degree? National Standardized Exam performance? Etc.)
(DP, 3/14) Several interesting ideas emerged from our discussions. They included
plans for improving the intellectual environment for our majors (junior
seminar, spring poster session, etc.); several suggestions for a "capstone"
experience, that would improve the appreciation of chemistry in everyday
life, and the student's role in it; and the development of an "exit
interview sheet", that advisers can use to help us establish a tracking
system for our graduates. Still to be discussed are tools that we might use to help us evaluate the
quality of an undergraduate's experience (ACS, oral exams, etc.).
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David P.
(19)
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18
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February 11, 2002
12:00 noon
to
1:00pm
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Faculty/Staff
Lounge, Room 245
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Chem for Non-Science Majors
Schultz, Emeric. "A Chemistry Course with a Laboratory
for Non-Science Majors" J. Chem. Educ. 2000 77
1001 (a copy is by the photocopier in the front office)
(JJG, 2/11, 2 pm) Consensus from the
meeting: The department should consider creating three Chem 810
courses, with different themes, that serve the same purpose as the
current, well-received "Chemistry and Public Policy" (810)
course. Themes discussed included Forensic Chemistry,
Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal Chemistry. The courses could be
taught in rotation and should be carefully designed by first identifying
the principles that are appropriate for nonscience majors to leave the
University with. The inclusion of a significant to major "lab
component" (whether in a real lab or in a lecture hall) should be
considered as well as the time of day the courses are offered.
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Ericka
(11)
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17
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January 14, 2002
12:00 noon
to
1:00pm
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Benedum 621
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Integrated Curriculum
The flavor of the discussion will be "How a High Tech Room is Used For Chem 960/970 and theIntegrated Curriculum Project."
Len will be prepared to talk for 10 mins or so on how he uses the room and to demonstrate the
graphics tablets and other features of the room. Len will ask his colleagues in
the IC if they also want to be there to show what they do or to answer
questions.
Note: Since eating and drinking is not
permitted in this classroom, we sought and received special permission for
liquid refreshments only!
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Len
(11 + 7)
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16
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December
10, 2001
12:00 noon
to
1:00pm
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Faculty/Staff
Lounge, Room 245
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Revision of the GERs
Follow-up to Spring FAS Faculty Meeting of
4/24/01.
{Specific topics of interest to the Chemistry Faculty might include:
Chemistry GER courses. Educational Outcomes of Chemistry
graduates. Capstone Experience. Position Paper.}
Report
on the Curriculum Review Process, authored by Dean Cooper, April 10, 2001
Notes
from the 24 April 01 FAS Faculty Meeting
The following 3 articles appeared in the University Times, 5/3/01:
CAS considers changes in its general education requirements.
Faculty debate proposal to drop 1 natural sciences requirement.
Proposed general education requirements.
Members of the Curriculum Review Committee as Initially Constructed
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David P.
(12)
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15
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November 12, 2001
12:00 noon
to
1:00pm
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Faculty/Staff
Lounge, Room 245
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SOW and Chemophobia
SOW = Science Oriented Workshop
"Chemophobia in the College Classroom: Extent, Sources,
and Student Characteristics", Roberta M. Eddy, J.
Chem. Ed.,
2000, 77, 514-517.
(A copy of this paper is on the bulletin board above the copier in
CSC-234.)
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Eugene
(6)
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14
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October 8, 2001
12:00 noon
to
1:00pm
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Faculty/Staff
Lounge, Room 245
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What Constitutes a Great Undergraduate Laboratory
Experience?
Where do our labs stand with respect to where we dream they
might be?
If one searches the JCE Index for "discovery" in the title, 141 hits are
returned like this one:
Ciaccio,
James A.; Bravo, Roxana P.; Drahus, Antoinette L.; Biggins, John B.;
Concepcion, Rosalyn V.; Cabrera, David Diastereoselective Synthesis of
(+/-)-1,2-Diphenyl-1,2-propanediol. A Discovery-Based Grignard Reaction
Suitable for a Large Organic Lab Course J. Chem. Educ. 2001 78
531. (April 2001).
Scott's Transparency/document (in
MS-Word format).
Highpoints of the Discussion (in MS-Word
format).
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Scott
(14)
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13
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September 10, 2001
12:00 noon
to
1:00pm
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Faculty/Staff
Lounge, Room 245
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Discussions about Scholarly Publishing Today, continued
The Latest Info on the Public
Library of Science project.
To prepare, first answer: What is
Chemistry's goal for library "services" realizing that infinite
space and infinite budgets are not realistic?
Next: Readings suggested by Rush Miller:
Create:
New System of Scholarly Communication.
and Principles
for Emerging Systems of Scholarly Publishing.
Other Readings: Drowning
in a Sea of Refereed Publications (C&E News, 1/29/01, p. 37) and Life
Scientists Circulate Publishing Manifesto (C&E News, 12/18/00, p.
7).
Lots more information available here: Current
Issues In Scholarly Publication (a web site maintained by Pitt's ULS)
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Rush Miller
University Librarian
and
Director, University Library System (ULS)
(13)
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