ChemPRIME: Illustrating Chemistry Concepts with Multiple Contexts

化学(12)ChemPRIME(通过集成多个样本的化学原理)计划正在开发一种学习化学的方法，该方法以许多流行课本常见的逻辑发展顺序呈现概念，但允许学生从广泛的样本中选择，或从阐明概念的特定主题的例子中选择，这些例子排列在贯穿整个课程的轨道上。ChemPRIME将化学工具应用于学生感兴趣的问题或主题。ChemPRIME保留了以前化学教学方法的优点，并摒弃了以前的方法的缺点，保留了理论的分层发展，同时允许学生选择激励他们学习的理论的案例或应用。该项目正在为一门典型的普通化学课程中包括的大多数概念开发样本，这些课程涵盖地质学、物理学/天文学、工程学、日常产品、体育、生理学和健康、生物科学、文科、环境和法医学等学科。ChemPRIME提供了一个机会，将化学领域的前沿发展纳入课程，同时反映出该领域对其他学科的贡献越来越大。ChemPRIME正在开发为MediaWiki®文本，与课程管理系统Moodle®相结合。MediaWiki®和Moodle®都是开源的，使得该项目易于使用，并可由其他人进行调整。ChemPRIME将通过化学教育数字图书馆传播，这是国家科学数字图书馆的一条途径，并将借鉴和促进被指定为NSDL途径的各种学科。ChemPRIME的设计邀请所有用户贡献他们专业领域或感兴趣领域的范例。

Chemistry (12) The ChemPRIME (Chemical Principles through Integrated Multiple Exemplars) Program is developing an approach to learning chemistry that presents Concepts in a logically developed order common to many popular texts, but allows students to choose from a wide variety of Exemplars, or subject-specific examples that illustrate the concepts, arranged in Tracks that run through the entire course. ChemPRIME applies the tools of chemistry to issues or subjects that students are interested in. ChemPRIME retains the advantages, and sheds the disadvantages, of previous approaches to teaching chemistry, by retaining the hierarchical development of theory while allowing students to choose cases or applications of the theory that motivate them to learn. This project is developing exemplars for most of the concepts included in a typical general chemistry course spanning tracks like Geology; Physics/Astronomy; Engineering; Everyday Products; Sports, Physiology and Health; Biological Science; Liberal Arts; Environment and Forensics. ChemPRIME offers an opportunity to integrate frontier developments in chemistry into the curriculum while reflecting the field's increasing contributions to other disciplines. ChemPRIME is being developed as a MediaWiki® text in combination with the course management system Moodle®. Both MediaWiki® and Moodle® are open source, making the project readily available and adaptable by others. ChemPRIME will be disseminated through the Chemical Education Digital Library, a Pathway in the National Science Digital Library, and will draw upon and contribute to the various disciplines designated as NSDL Pathways. The ChemPRIME design invites all users to contribute exemplars from their fields of expertise or interest.