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REVITALIZING CHEMISTRY LABORATORY INSTRUCTION

McBride, Phil Blake
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1070500644

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2003, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Chemistry and Biochemistry.
This dissertation involves research in three major domains of chemical education as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. program in chemistry at Miami University with a major emphasis on chemical education, and concurrent study in organic chemistry. Unit I, Development and Assessment of a Column Chromatography Laboratory Activity, addresses the domain of Instructional Materials Development and Testing. This unit outlines the process of developing a publishable laboratory activity, testing and revising that activity, and subsequently sharing that activity with the chemical education community. A laboratory activity focusing on the separation of methylene blue and sodium fluorescein was developed to demonstrate the effects of both the stationary and mobile phase in conducting a separation. Unit II, Bringing Industry to the Laboratory, addresses the domain of Curriculum Development and Testing. This unit outlines the development of the Chemistry of Copper Mining module, which is intended for use in high school or undergraduate college chemistry. The module uses the learning cycle approach to present the chemistry of the industrial processes of mining copper to the students. The module includes thirteen investigations (three of which are web-based and ten which are laboratory experiments) and an accompanying interactive CD-ROM, which provides an explanation of the chemistry used in copper mining with a virtual tour of an operational copper mine. Unit III, An Alternative Method of Teaching Chemistry: Integrating Lecture and the Laboratory, is a project that addresses the domain of Research in Student Learning. Fundamental Chemistry was taught at Eastern Arizona College as an integrated lecture/laboratory course that met in two-hour blocks on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The students taking this integrated course were compared with students taking the traditional 1-hour lectures held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with accompanying 3-hour lab on Tuesday or Thursday. There were 119 students in the test group, 522 students in the Shelton control group and 556 students in the McBride control group. Both qualitative data and quantitative data were collected. A t-test was used to test significance.
Arlyne Sarquis (Advisor)
225 p.
Chemistry; Chemical Education; Chromatography; Copper Mining; Learning Cycle; Materials and Curriculum Development; Laboratory Instruction; Student Learning; Studio Chemistry

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  • McBride, P. B. (2003). REVITALIZING CHEMISTRY LABORATORY INSTRUCTION [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1070500644

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McBride, Phil. REVITALIZING CHEMISTRY LABORATORY INSTRUCTION. 2003. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1070500644.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McBride, Phil. "REVITALIZING CHEMISTRY LABORATORY INSTRUCTION." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1070500644

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