WITS is the Chemistry Department's Teaching Circle - an informal, monthly, discussion amongst interested faculty, of current issues related to teaching Chemistry.  The WITS program was initiated as a complement to the WINSS (Whats New in Science Seminar) program, which itself was designed to bring interested Chemistry faculty together to discuss current research in the department.  WITS meets on the 2nd Monday of the Month (excepting August, December, and April), over lunch (liquid refreshments provided).  In late Fall 2002, Chemistry Department graduate students interested in possible academic careers expressed interest in creating a WITS-like discussion group focused on their Professional Development needs and concerns.  As part of that program, and if appropriate, at least one WITS per term will be organized around a topic of joint interest to faculty and future faculty, and open to both groups.

Academic Year 2004

Session

Date/Time

Location

Topic

Facilitator

37 Thursday,
July 8, 2004
4:00-5:00pm
Eberly Hall 325 Computing Across the Chemistry Curriculum (CaCC)
CaCC's Web Site
Goals and Objectives
Lisa Bell-Loncella
36 Monday,
May 24, 2004
12:00-1:00pm
Eberly Hall 325 Summit Session on Coherency in the First Two Years of the Chemistry Curriculum
a discussion that relates to whether we can integrate the general chemistry curriculum with organic chemistry in order to teach the latter more effectively
Recommendation #1 from the Session - Sharing Course Web Sites
Paul Floreancig

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35

Thursday,
March 11, 2004
4:00-5:00pm
Eberly Hall 325 Demonstrations in Chemistry Lectures: Entertainment or Education?
Joint with the graduate student's SPICE Group.
See also, the April 8, 2004 Chemistry seminar by David Harpp

(e.g., McGill's Joe Schwarcz; Wisconsin's Bassam Z. Shakhashiri; Wright State's John Fortman)
Pete

 

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34
November 24, 2003
12:00 noon to 1:00pm
Eberly Hall 325 3D Visualization for (Chemistry) Education
Joint with the graduate student's SPICE Group.
Ken

33

  October 14, 2003
12:00 noon to 1:00pm
Note date!

Eberly Hall 325 Predicting Students at Risk in General Chemistry Using Pre-semester Assessments and Demographic Information.
Wagner, Eugene P.; Sasser, Howell; DiBiase, Warren J. J. Chem. Educ. 2002 79 749
Eugene
 

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32
Friday
September 12, 2003
4:00-5:00pm
 Note date/time!
Eberly Hall 325 Joint meeting with BioSci's Teaching Club:  Course Content
Bring your syllabi to share!
To minimize exam conflicts, at this 9/12 meeting, we decided to encourage BioSci faculty to schedule exams early in the week (Mon/Tue) and to encourage Chem faculty to schedule exams late in the week (Thurs/Fri).
Joe (Chem)
Lydia (BioSci)

 

 

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