Education

Last updated 6/10
 

Organic Chemistry

• Virtual
  Textbook (William Reusch, Mich State U) needs Chime, also O
  Chem at MSU
• O Chem
  with JME Molecular Editor (Tom Newton, U South Maine)
• O
  Chem Toolkit (Bob Hanson, St. Olaf) links
• Molecular Modeling in
  Organic Chemistry and Pericyclic Reactions (Short courses at Henry Rzepa’s web site; Imperial College UK; follow “Teaching” link)
• O Chem.Com (Thomas Poon, Claremont McKenna
  & Bradford Mundy, Colby) (busted 12/07)
• MIT Open Courseware (MIT) all courses

Chemistry – General, Inorganic, Etc.

• Resources for Chemistry Educators
  (Steve Lower, Simon Fraser U) K-12 + College, amazing collection of annotated
  links
• General
  Chemistry Virtual Textbook (Steve Lower, Simon Fraser U) PDF chapters
  & tutorials (environ chem too)
• Consortium for Technology in Teaching
  Chemistry (USC Chem Dept) demos, animations, workshops, forums
• ChemCollective (CMU) online tools, virtual labs
• Visionlearning (NSF-supported) free articles, modules, basic chem
• Global Instruction Chemistry (Henry
  Rzepa, Imperial College) pre-98 links
• Molecular
  Monte Carlo (Cooper Union) tutorials & software
• Simulations
  and Animations (Thomas Greenbowe, Iowa State U) electrochemistry and much more
• Quantum Tutorials (Frank Rioux, St. John’s U/College of St. Benedict)

Learning Styles, Keller Plans, Web Resources & more

• Learning
  Styles Questionaire (Soloman & Felder, NC State) multiple-choice quiz
• Time
  Capsule on Training & Learning (Don Clark) essays on education (includes
  Keller, Constructivism)
• Instructional
  Design & Learning Theory (Brenda Mergel, U Saskatchewan) part of Occasional Papers in Educational Technology (Educational Communications & Technology Program, U Saskatchewan)
• Kulik references:
  • Kulik, C. C. & Kulik, J. A., (1987). Mastery testing and student
    learning: A meta-analysis. J. Educational Technology Systems, 15, 325-345.
  • Kulik, J. A., Kulik, C. C., & Bangert-Drowns, R. L. (1990). Effectiveness
    of mastery learning programs: A meta-analysis. Review of Educational Research,
    60, 265-299. (Reed library – available online)
  • Kulik, J. A., Kulik, C. C., & Cohen, P. A., (1979). A meta-analysis
    of outcome studies of Keller’s personalized system of instruction. American
    Psychologist, 34, 307-318. (Reed library – available online)
  • Kulik, J. A., Kulik, C., & Carmichael, K. (1974). The Keller Plan
    in science teaching. Science, 183, 379-383.
• The
  Keller Plan: 25 Years of Personal Experience (Paul Herzberg, York University)
  referenced article in Positive Pedagogy
• Keller
  Plan () a one-page description
• Keller Plan in Law
  School (Alan Tyree, formerly U Sydney Law School) colleagues hated it,
  but law courses based on the Keller Plan and computer-assisted testing worked
• Web Visualization for Teachers (Alistair
  Fraser) How to make visualizations work