Chemistry XXI: A New Curriculum for a Modern Era

化学(12)。该项目建立在国家研究委员会的“超越分子前沿”的基础上，以四种“思维方式”和四个核心的、引人注目的问题为基础，创建一个矩阵，然后用于为科学和工程专业构建一个创新的普通化学课程。该课程将重点从学习知识体系转移到将化学理解为一种思维方式。以学生为中心的课堂和实验课程也建立在现有的、由NSF化学计划开发的示范材料的基础上。课程中嵌入的评估工具正在与包括定性和定量措施在内的综合评估计划相结合。来自两个校区的研究型大学教员和社区学院教员的结合，使课程材料能够在三个不同的人群中进行测试，其中包括大量的西班牙裔和美洲原住民学生，这有助于提高课程质量，并扩大项目的影响。

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.