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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. |
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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 (13) |
| 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
(9) |
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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 |
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 (4) |
32 |
Friday September 12, 2003 4:00-5:00pm |
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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