DISCOVERING CHEMISTRY WITH LABORATORY (CHE 105)

Course | Introduction | Lecture Syllabus | Lecture Schedule | Lab Syllabus | Lab Schedule | Assignments Introduction CHE 105, which contains lecture and laboratory components, were developed to improve the science education of pre-service teachers. This DOE/Ky EPSCoR funded project has allowed us to introduce numerous reforms in the chemistry curriculum for the education majors at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). This reform initiative is concurrent with the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) philosophy in science education. This curriculum initiative involves faculty members from both the Department of Chemistry and the School of Education at Northern Kentucky University. This type of cross-college interaction has proved to be extremely beneficial. Preliminary results from three surveys administered in the lab and lecture courses indicate that the project has been successful in meeting its goals. A paper based on this project (including the survey results) was presented by Dr. Allen Seed of NKU's School of Education at the International Conference of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) on April 2, 1997 in Orlando, FL.   Personnel Department of Chemistry Dr. Vinay Kumar (PI, Fall 1994-present) Dr. Vernon Hicks (Co-PI, October 1997-present) Mrs. Julia Bedell (Proj. Assoc. Oct. 1994-July 1996, Co-PI Sept. 96-Sept. 97) School of Education Dr. Allen Seed (Proj. Assoc., Sept. 96 - present) Dr. Seed is an assistant professor of Education and serves as a liaison between our project and the School of Education. As a project associate his responsibilities have included refining the evaluation instruments, and analyzing the data of various surveys of this project. Top of page © COPYRIGHT 1998, Northern Kentucky University Department of Chemistry Site Design by Chuck Meyer