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Chemical Education Today
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Pioneering Pedagogic Publications: Algorithms, Student Understanding, and Chemical Knowledge
Jerry P. Suits
Department of Chemistry, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 70609-0455
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August 2001
Vol. 78 No. 8
p. 1015
Abstract
During the first ten years of J. Chem. Educ. (1924 to 1934), several pioneering chemical educators expressed the need for students to understand chemical knowledge rather than to use "algorithms" or to memorize factual material. Some of them expressed the pedagogic need for students to link the solving of quantitative problems to the corresponding underlying chemical principles. Overall, many of the articles written by these pioneering educators reveal a focus upon the fundamental pedagogic ideas in chemical education. Awareness of these "ancient ideas" could help modern educators sift through the more enriched/cluttered educational ideas currently being promoted. Some suggestions are made on how these relevant ideas could be integrated together.
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*  Citation
 Suits, Jerry P. J. Chem. Educ. 2001 78 1015.
*  Keywords
 History / Philosophy; Teaching/Learning Theory/Practice; General Chemistry
*  History
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Last Updated:		 July 10, 2001
August 31, 2005
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