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Science and Mathematics Education

Chemistry

Journal

1930

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We, The Jury, R. W. Getchell Sep 1930

We, The Jury, R. W. Getchell

Science Bulletin

Iowa high schools may justly be proud of their chemistry courses and of their chemistry teachers. The state ranks low in the number of schools offering this science but high in the quality of its teaching staff. One sure criterion of instructional efficiency is growth - a growth based upon the frank recognition of mistakes and intelligent effort to correct them.


Chemical Lecture Experiments, R. W. Getchell May 1930

Chemical Lecture Experiments, R. W. Getchell

Science Bulletin

Lecture experiments demand more time, require higher technical skill, and afford greater pupil interest than any other phase of chemistry teaching. As a corollary, we may add that they are most neglected, but if you name the teachers who are noted for their interesting, instructive, and skillful classroom demonstrations, you are calling the roll of chemistry teachers of the first rank.