Improvement of Chemistry Teaching in Central Iowa Through the Use of Integrated Microcomputer Learning Activities

这一领导活动项目将为爱荷华州中部的25名化学教师提供使用计算机作为教学工具的增强和专业发展经验。该项目的目标是提高教师的基础化学和应用化学知识，帮助他们有效地利用微型计算机进行化学教学，并开发25门微型计算机课程，以补充他们现有的化学课程。这25名教师随后将利用所掌握的技能和知识向所在地区的其他化学教师提供在职活动。目前有25名化学教师组成的网络。他们一直积极参与这个项目的规划。专案小组将在一九八六至八七学年举行六次星期六会议，并在一九八七年夏季举行两个星期的会议。教师将由一名科学教育工作者、一名大学计算专家、一名研究化学家和1984年总统科学(化学)奖提供支持。教职员会跟进探访所在学校的教师。教师参与的活动范围从讲座和实验室到与计算机的互动。积极参与是有保证的，并将经常参考高中化学课程的活动。

This Leadership Activities project will provide enhancement and professional development experiences in the use of the computer as an instructional tool for 25 chemistry teachers in central Iowa. The goals of the project are to upgrade the knowledge of basic and applied chemistry of the teachers, to assist them in effectively utilizing the microcomputer in teaching chemistry, and in developing 25 microcomputer lessons which augment their existing chemistry curricula. These 25 teachers will subsequently provide in-service activities to other chemistry teachers in their geographic area utilizing the skills and knowledge attained. The network of 25 chemistry teachers currently exists. They have been actively involved in the planning for this project. The group will meet for six Saturday sessions during the 1986-87 academic year and for two weeks during the summer of 1987. The teachers will be supported by a science educator, a college computing specialist, a research chemist, and a 1984 Presidential Awardee in Science (Chemistry). Follow-up visits will be made by the staff to the teachers in their schools. The activities in which teachers are engaged will range from lectures and laboratories to interactions with computers. Active participation is assured, and there will be frequent referencing of activities to the high school chemistry curriculum.