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Planning a Day at PITTCON: An Introduction to Current Trends in Analytical Chemistry Research for Undergraduates
Patricia Ann Mabrouk
Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
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February 1996
Vol. 73 No. 2
p. A23
Abstract
Two primary means of learning and growing in the "real world" involve reading the current literature in technical journals such as Analytical Chemistry and presenting at or attending research conferences such as the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, PITTCON. These tpoics are not included in the traditional undergraduate chemistry curriculum. "Planning a Day at PITTCON" is a relatively simple assignment designed for use in introductory analytical chemistry which introduces undergraduates to the analytical chemistry primary literature and to the premier conference in analytical chemistry, PITTCON. In the assignment, students are provided with copies of the midwinter issue of Analytical Chemistry which features the PITTCON program and are asked to plan one day at the meeting and to read and summarize one of the many technical articles in the journal. The assignment interests and challenges a diverse student body while keeping the teaching staff on their toes, requires no curriculum changes, is inexpensive, and can be readily adapted for use in other undergraduate chemistry courses.
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 Mabrouk, Patricia Ann. J. Chem. Educ. 1996 73 A23.
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