Monday, 26 June 2006: 8:15 AM-11:55 AM
Donner Room (John Ascuaga’s Nugget Casino Resort)
The Future of General Chemistry Texts in the Internet Age (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
Access to on-line resources, to on-line homework, and to other multimedia resources has changed and altered the market for general chemistry textbooks and how authors write them. This symposium will present ideas on where authors and publishers see the future of general chemistry textbooks heading based on multimedia resources, on our current understanding of how students learn chemistry, and on how our students and their majors are changing.
Organizer:Cinzia Muzzi
8:15 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:20 AMAre Textbooks an Endangered Species?
H. Eugene LeMay Jr.
8:45 AMReady, Fire, Aim?
Conrad L. Stanitski
9:10 AMNew directions for textbooks: Chasing the future
Loretta L. Jones
9:35 AMIntermission
10:15 AMThe future of general chemistry texts: Models and modeling
George M. Bodner
10:40 AMThe Power of Active Learning
Steven Zumdahl, Susan Zumdahl
11:05 AMA conceptual approach to general chemistry instruction
Richard C. Bauer II, James P. Birk, Pamela S. Marks
11:30 AMEffects of WileyPlus on student performance
Carl Kulo

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