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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2009  > December  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 December 2009
Vol. 86 No. 12

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Celebrating a Volume and Heralding the Next1355
Norbert J. Pienta
Especially for High School Teachers
Teaching Is a Privilege1357
Laura E. Slocum and Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals: Research Advances
Research Advances. Catch and Release; Mini Mass Spectrometer; Drug Delivery by Magnetic Propulsion1358
Angela G. King
Ask the Historian
The Origin of the Meker and Tirrill Laboratory Burners1362
William B. Jensen
Commentary
My Favorite Element. Francium: Uranium's Daughter, Perey's Discovery1364
Mary Virginia Orna
Report
JCE in Transition. News for Authors, Reviewers, and Subscribers1365
JCE Editorial Staff
News & Announcements1367
Letters
Incorrect Mathematical Operators in a Two-Dimensional Quantum Problem1370
Ranjan Das
Letters
Response to Incorrect Mathematical Operators in a Two-Dimensional Quantum Problem1371
Mark Ellison
Book & Media Reviews
Molecules That Changed the World (K. C. Nicolaou and T. Montagnon)1372
Luis D. Montes
Book & Media Reviews
Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do at Home—But Probably Shouldn't (Theodore Gray)1373
Robert E. Buntrock
Book & Media Reviews
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe (Theodore Gray)1374
Cheryl Baldwin Frech
Book & Media Reviews
Landmarks in Organo-Transition Metal Chemistry—A Personal View (Profiles in Inorganic Chemistry Series) (Helmut Werner)1374
Kenneth M. Nicholas
Connecting with JCE1376
Advertising in This Issue1353

 Chemistry for Everyone
Weapons of Mass Destruction: It Is All about Chemistry1377
Jessica Epstein

 In the Classroom
Cost-Effective Teacher
Inexpensive, Near-Infrared Imaging of Artwork Using a Night-Vision Webcam for Chemistry-of-Art Courses1382
Gregory D. Smith, Elizabeth Nunan, Claire Walker, and Dan Kushel
New Bouncing Curved Arrow Technique for the Depiction of Organic Mechanisms1389
Andrei R. Straumanis and Suzanne M. Ruder
A Method for Writing Open-Ended Curved Arrow Notation Questions for Multiple-Choice Exams and Electronic-Response Systems1392
Suzanne M. Ruder and Andrei R. Straumanis
An Integrated, Statistical Molecular Approach to the Physical Chemistry Curriculum1397
Stephen F. Cartier
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
Interaction of Simple Ions with Water: Theoretical Models for the Study of Ion Hydration1403
Jorge S. Gancheff, Carlos Kremer, and Oscar N. Ventura

 In the Laboratory
Quantifying the Electron-Donating Strength of Phosphine Ligands1408
Ashley L. Morris and John T. York
Synthesis and Characterization of Transition-Metal Complexes Containing 1,1'-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene1412
Chip Nataro and Stephanie M. Fosbenner
The Trans Effect: A Guided-Inquiry Experiment for Upper-Division Inorganic Chemistry1416
Janet L. Shaw, Christopher R. Dockery, Scott E. Lewis, Lindsay Harris, and Richard Bettis
Synthesis of Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) Enzyme Mimetics. A Bioinorganic Laboratory Experiment1419
Graziella Vecchio and Valeria Lanza
The Preparation of Allyl Phenyl Ether and 2-Allylphenol Using the Williamson Ether Synthesis and Claisen Rearrangement1422
Elizabeth M. Sanford, Christina C. Lis, and Nikolas R. McPherson
Monitoring the Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization of Styrene Using Gel Permeation Chromatography and Proton NMR1424
Eric S. Tillman, Nathan D. Contrella, and Joshua G. Leasure

 Research: Science and Education
Chemical Education Research
Surveying Students' Attitudes and Perceptions toward Guided-Inquiry and Open-Inquiry Laboratories1427
Suparna Chatterjee, Vickie M. Williamson, Kathleen McCann, and M. Larry Peck
Chemical Education Research
Emphasizing Multiple Levels of Representation To Enhance Students' Understandings of the Changes Occurring during Chemical Reactions1433
A. L. Chandrasegaran, David F. Treagust, and Mauro Mocerino
Chemical Education Research
Teaching Molecular Diffusion Using an Inquiry Approach. Diffusion Activities in a Secondary School Inquiry-Learning Community 1437
Lisette van Rens, Joop van der Schee, and Albert Pilot
Chemical Education Research
Kinetic versus Static Visuals for Facilitating College Students' Understanding of Organic Reaction Mechanisms in Chemistry1442
Abdulwali H. Aldahmash and Michael R. Abraham
Assessment of Chemistry Anxiety in a Two-Year College1447
Wanda C. McCarthy and Bozena Barbara Widanski
A Simple Spreadsheet Program for the Calculation of Lattice-Site Distributions1450
John G. McCaffrey
Equations of State and Phase Diagrams of Ammonia1457
L. Glasser
Ion Pairs or Neutral Molecule Adducts? Cooperativity in Hydrogen Bonding1459
Roger L. DeKock, Laura A. Schipper, Stephanie C. Dykhouse, Lee P. Heeringa, and Benjamin M. Brandsen
JCE Concept Connections
The Proof Is in the Calculation1465
Randall J. Wildman

 On the Web
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Fostering Creativity and Learning Using Instructional Symbolic Mathematics Documents1466
Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Conventional Entropies and the Third Law of Thermodynamics1468
Todd M. Hamilton and Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Effect of Activity Coefficients on Excess Functions and Phase Equilibria1468
Inmaculada Suárez and Baudilio Coto
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Intermolecular Interactions: Dipole–Dipole, Dipole–Induced Dipole, and London Dispersion Forces1469
Thomas S. Kuntzleman and Masayuki Shibata
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Rotational States of Carbon Monoxide1469
David M. Hanson and Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE Featured Molecules
Molecule Models of Chemical Weapons and Warfare Agents1470
William F. Coleman
JCE Online: Index
Information for Volume 86, 2009 of the Journal of Chemical Education1471
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