Chemistry XXI: A New Curriculum for a Modern Era

化学(12)。该项目以国家研究委员会的“超越分子前沿”为基础，创建了一个基于四种“思维方式”和四个核心的、引人注目的问题的矩阵，然后将这些问题用于为理工科专业构建创新的普通化学课程。这门课程正在将重点从学习一系列知识转移到将化学理解为一种思维方式。以学习者为中心的课堂和实验室课程也建立在NSF化学倡议开发的现有示范材料的基础上。正在将课程中嵌入的评估工具与包括定性和定量措施的全面评估计划结合起来。研究型大学的教师和来自两个校区的社区学院教师的结合，使课程材料能够在三个不同的人群中进行测试，其中包括大量的西语裔和美洲原住民学生，这有助于提高课程质量，并对该项目产生更广泛的影响。

Chemistry (12). This project is building on the National Research Council's "Beyond the Molecular Frontier" to create a matrix based on four "ways of thinking" and four central, compelling questions that are then used to construct an innovative general chemistry curriculum for science and engineering majors. This curriculum is shifting the focus from learning a body of knowledge to understanding chemistry as a way of thinking. The learner-centered classroom and laboratory curriculum is also building on existing, exemplary materials developed by the NSF chemistry initiatives. Assessment tools embedded in the curriculum are being combined with a comprehensive evaluation plan that includes qualitative and quantitative measures. The combination of research university faculty and community college faculty from two campuses is allowing testing of the curricular materials among three diverse populations including substantial numbers of Hispanic and Native Americans students, contributing to the quality of the curriculum, and the broader impact of the project.