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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2009  > August  >
In the Classroom
Designing, Teaching, and Evaluating a Unit on Symmetry and Crystallography in the High School Classroom
Nathaniel P. Grove
Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634

David J. Collins, Joseph J. López, Stacey Lowery Bretz, and Hong-Cai Zhou
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056

Nathan P. Guerin
Talawanda High School, Oxford, OH 45056

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August 2009
Vol. 86 No. 8
p. 946
Abstract
An innovative teaching and research partnership was developed in collaboration with public high school chemistry teachers from the Talawanda (Ohio) School District and faculty, staff, and students from Miami University. With the involvement of high school teachers, chemistry faculty, postdoctoral associates, and several graduate and undergraduate students, curricular materials were developed for teaching symmetry and X-ray crystallography in high school chemistry classrooms. An overview of the curricular materials developed and evaluation of the effectiveness of these materials is presented.
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Symmetry and X-ray crystallography instructional materials; Assessment instructions
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Grove, Nathaniel P.; Collins, David J.; Guerin, Nathan P.; López, Joseph J.; Bretz, Stacey Lowery; Zhou, Hong-Cai. J. Chem. Educ. 2009, 86, 946.
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Keywords
Chirality / Optical Activity; Crystals / Crystallography; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; High School / Introductory Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Learning; Materials Science; X-ray Crystallography
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6/30/2009
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