NSF Symposium: Innovations in the Undergraduate Curriculum

化学（12）美国化学会秋季全国会议将分别于2005年、2006年和2007年在华盛顿特区、加州旧金山和马萨诸塞州波士顿举行，会议将组织召开三个题为“美国国家科学基金会催化的本科课程创新”的专题讨论会。这个项目延续了1987年开始的传统，在这个传统中，由美国国家科学基金会本科教育部支持的专题讨论会已经成为美国化学会秋季全国会议化学教育部计划的一部分。新的专题讨论会将重点介绍由课程、课程和实验室改进-适应和实施（ccli - a&&； I）计划支持的项目，并因此包括介绍对本科实验室来说相对较新的仪器、开发创新的实验室练习和实践、开发创新的课程材料、将新技术纳入课程和/或实验室。对化学课程有重大影响的项目，以及对整个科学课程有重大影响的项目。更广泛的影响这些研讨会为ccli - a - I项目的成功传播提供了一种途径。参加全国会议的教师经常参加讨论他们研究领域的会议，而牺牲了讨论科学教育问题的会议。专题讨论会提供了一个论坛，可以在相对紧凑的时间框架和一个地点提供有价值的信息。在研讨会上建立的个人联系可以稍后再进行。作为该项目的一部分，正在建立一个新的网站，允许在一个网站上收集适当的项目，NSF计划，以及有关本科课程中各种创新的部门和个人结果。目前正在进行新的评估工作，以确定专题讨论会在促进课程改革方面的有效性。

Chemistry (12) Three Symposia entitled "NSF Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Curriculum," are being organized and convened at the Fall National Meetings of the American Chemical Society to be held in the years 2005, 2006, and 2007 in Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA, and Boston, MA, respectively. This project continues a tradition begun in 1987 in which Symposia featuring projects supported by the Division of Undergraduate Education at the NSF have been a part of the Division of Chemical Education Program at the Fall National Meetings of the American Chemical Society.Intellectual MeritThe new Symposia highlight projects supported by the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement-Adaptation and Implementation (CCLI-A&I) Program, and, as such, include presentations that feature instrumentation that is relatively new to the undergraduate laboratory, development of innovative laboratory exercises and practices, development of innovative curricular materials, incorporation of new technologies into the curriculum and/or the laboratory, projects that have been responsible for major curricular changes in the chemistry program, and projects that have been responsible for major curricular changes in an entire science program.Broader ImpactThese Symposia provide a means of dissemination for successful CCLI-A&I projects to a broad audience. Faculty attending National Meetings often attend sessions dealing with their research areas at the expense of those dealing with science education issues. The Symposia provide a forum in which valuable information can be presented in a relatively compact timeframe and at one location. Personal contacts made at the Symposia can be pursued at a later time. A new website being established as a part of this project allows the collection at one site of appropriate projects, NSF programs, and department and individual results concerning a wide variety of innovations in the undergraduate curriculum. New assessment efforts are being undertaken in order to ascertain the effectiveness of the Symposia in promoting curricular change.