Friday, October 20, 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Salon G ( Houston Westchase Marriott Hotel)
Current Issues in Teaching the Undergraduate Curriculum (Invited)
This symposium will explore chemical education - in particular, issues associated with the undergraduate program today. There will be two sessions - one with a focus on the use of technology, the other with a more general focus.
Sponsor:	Publishers of Textbooks: McGraw-Hill, Prentice-Hall, Thomson, W. H. Freeman, Wiley
Organizer:	Simon Bott
8:00 AM	99		Engaging the Overly Engaged: Challenges to the Teaching of College Chemistry Paul F. Krause
8:25 AM	100		History of the Periodic Table: basis for an introductory course James L. Marshall, Virginia R. Marshall
8:50 AM	101		Who are general chemistry students Diana Mason
9:15 AM	102		Teaching Forensic Science in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum Cheryl Baldwin Frech
9:40 AM			Break
9:55 AM	103		Unintended consequences of undergraduate research: Benefits to students and departments Gordon H. Purser
10:20 AM	104		The LSU ChemDemo Program: Integrating Service-Learning and K-12 Outreach on a Large Scale George G. Stanley
10:45 AM	105		Teaching introductory chemistry through concept development studies John S. Hutchinson
11:10 AM	106		Teaching general chemistry for student understanding Vickie M. Williamson
11:35 AM	107		Acknowledgements, research to be done, and life in retirement M. Larry Peck

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