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Evaluating Teaching: Re-Visiting The Use Of Chemistry Concept Inventories, Noel A. George, Andrew Mcwilliams, Kinjal Naik
Evaluating Teaching: Re-Visiting The Use Of Chemistry Concept Inventories, Noel A. George, Andrew Mcwilliams, Kinjal Naik
The Western Conference on Science Education
During the past several decades physics education specialists have been very active in the development and use of concept inventories both as diagnostic tools and as a means for evaluating instruction. Notable examples include the Force Concept Inventory (FCI)1 and the Mechanics Baseline test (MB)2, both of which education experts outside of physics have likely heard of.
The field of chemical education has not seen a similar uptake in the use of concept inventories. While examples do exist,3 they have certainly not gained the popularity experienced by the FCI. Why is this? Chemical educators are introducing …
A Portable Optical Ct Scanner For Interactive Teaching Of Medical Imaging Principles, Jerry Battista, Reggie Taylor, Kevin Jordan, John Miller, Ian Macdonald
A Portable Optical Ct Scanner For Interactive Teaching Of Medical Imaging Principles, Jerry Battista, Reggie Taylor, Kevin Jordan, John Miller, Ian Macdonald
The Western Conference on Science Education
Computed Tomography (CT) is widely used as a diagnostic imaging tool in modern medicine. The traditional method of teaching CT principles involves classroom lectures, with demonstrations on a clinical system that can only be accessed during off-hours. The x-ray and ‘black-box’ nature of a clinical system, and the lag time between lectures and demonstrations severely limit the teaching efficiency. A scaled-down portable imaging system that does not use x-rays would be ideal for an interactive classroom or laboratory session. We therefore developed a system using visible light rays instead of x-rays, so that experiments can be conducted immediately and safely …
Mythology As A Conceptual Bridge For Teaching Science, Cameron J. Tsujita Dr.
Mythology As A Conceptual Bridge For Teaching Science, Cameron J. Tsujita Dr.
The Western Conference on Science Education
Service courses provide unique teaching opportunities in bridging academic disciplines both within and beyond the traditional boundaries of science. Drawing primarily (but not exclusively) from examples in the geosciences, the first year undergraduate level course Earth, Art and Culture, offered by the Department of Earth Sciences at Western, aims to impress upon students relationships between science and culture.
One of the most popular topics covered in the course concerns the origin of ancient myths, namely those featuring fantastical beasts such as dragons, the griffin and the cyclops. Traditionally, such beasts have been dismissed as products of overactive imaginations. However, as …