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August 2001
Vol. 78 No. 8


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Testing the Teacher? Or Teaching the Test?991
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers993
J. Emory Howell
ACS National Meeting: Chicago, August 25-30, 2001. Program for the Division of Chemical Education994
Marcy Towns, Craig W. Bowen, and Morton Z. Hoffman
ACS National Meeting: Chicago, August 25-30, 2001. High School Program1004
ACS National Meeting: Chicago, August 25-30, 2001. Undergraduate Program1004
ACS National Meeting: Chicago, August 25-30, 2001. CHED-Sponsored Workshops1005
Exploring Chicago1006
Paul S. Cohen and Brenda H. Cohen
From Past Issues
Pioneering Pedagogic Publications: Algorithms, Student Understanding, and Chemical Knowledge1015
Jerry P. Suits
ACS National Meeting: Chicago, August 25-30, 2001. Notices, Division of Chemical Education1017
News & Announcements1018
Letters
An Application of the Sugar-Potassium Chlorate Reaction1020
Addison Ault
Corrections
Correction to Chemistry and Molecular Electronics: New Molecules as Wires, Switches, and Logic Gates (J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78, 321-328)1021
Michael D. Ward
Corrections
Correction to Pòlya's Isomer Enumeration Method: A Unique Exercise in Group Theory and Combinatorial Analysis for Undergraduates (J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 1358-1360)1021
S. Pevac and G. Crundwell
Corrections
Correction to Chemical Laboratory Information Profile: n-Hexane (J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78, 587)1021
Jay A. Young
The Information Page1022
Book and Media Reviews
Transforming Matter: A History of Chemistry from Alchemy to the Buckyball
by Trevor H. Levere
1023
A. Truman Schwartz
Book and Media Reviews
Modern Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach
by George H. Duffey
1024
John P. Ranck
Book and Media Reviews
Scientific Laws, Principles and Theories: A Reference Guide
by Robert E. Krebs
1026
Pedro Bernal
Book and Media Reviews
Instruments and Experimentation in the History of Chemistry
edited by Frederic L. Holmes and Trevor H. Levere
1027
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Computers in Chemistry
by Pete Biggs
1028
Jack K. Steehler
Advertising in This Issue1028
Out of the Editor's Basket1029

 Chemistry for Everyone
LEDs: New Lamps for Old and a Paradigm for Ongoing Curriculum Modernization1033
S. Michael Condren, George C. Lisensky, Arthur B. Ellis, Karen J. Nordell, Thomas F. Kuech, and Steve Stockman
Chemistry for Kids
Is Every Transparent Liquid Water?1041
Muhamad Hugerat and Sobhi Basheer

 In The Classroom
Designing and Reporting Experiments in Chemistry Classes Using Examples from Materials Science: Illustrations of the Process and Communication of Scientific Research1044
Cynthia G. Widstrand, Karen J. Nordell, and Arthur B. Ellis
Writing for Chemists: Satisfying the CSU Upper-Division Writing Requirement1047
Donald R. Paulson
Chemical Principles Revisited
Making Assumptions Explicit: How the Law of Conservation of Matter Can Explain Empirical Formula Problems1050
Stephen DeMeo
Chemical Principles Revisited
The Conductivity of Molten Materials1052
Monica E. Thomas, Audrey A. Cleveland, Rubin Battino, David A. Dolson, and Michael R. Hall
Melting Point, Density, and Reactivity of Metals1054
Michael Laing
Stories to Make Thermodynamics and Related Subjects More Palatable1059
Lawrence S. Bartell
Apparent Paradoxes and Instructive Puzzles in Physical Chemistry1067
Lawrence S. Bartell
Applications of the Gibbs-Duhem Equation1070
P. Nikitas
The Constituent Additivity Method to Estimate Heat Capacities of Complex Inorganic Solids1076
Liyan Qiu and Mary Anne White

 In the Laboratory
Topics in Chemical Instrumentation
The Isothermal Heat Conduction Calorimeter: A Versatile Instrument for Studying Processes in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology1080
Lars Wadsö, Allan L. Smith, Hamid Shirazi, S. Rose Mulligan, and Thomas Hofelich
A Simplified Method for Measuring the Entropy Change of Urea Dissolution. An Experiment for the Introductory Chemistry Lab1087
Charles A. Liberko and Stephanie Terry
The Microscale Laboratory
A Microscale Spectrophotometric Determination of Water Hardness1089
James S. Gordon
Distinguishing Calcium Carbonate from Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate by Instrumental Methods. A Set of Laboratory Experiments for Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy1090
Eugenio Garribba, Giovanni Micera, Liliana Strinna-Erre, and Giovanna Stara
Cost-Effective Teacher
Using a Diode Laser for Laser-Induced Fluorescence1093
Yang Tran and J. E. Whitten
Blue Diode Lasers: New Opportunities in Chemical Education1096
J. E. Whitten
Fluorescence Polarization as a Tool to Pinpoint Vesicle Thermal Phase Transitions1100
Gary A. Baker, Thomas A. Betts, and Siddharth Pandey
The Microscale Laboratory
The Biginelli Reaction1104
Michael S. Holden and R. David Crouch
The TCICA Test for Distinguishing Aldehydes and Ketones1105
Gene A. Hiegel, Christine Juska, and Michelle Kim

 Research: Science and Education
Piaget's Theory of Intellectual Development Revisited1107
Susan C. Nurrenbern
Does Piaget Still Have Anything to Say to Chemists?1107
Diane M. Bunce
Implications of Cognitive Science Research for Models of the Science Learner1107
Ala Samarapungavan and William R. Robinson
The Many Forms of Constructivism1107
George Bodner, Michael Klobuchar, and David Geelan
Theories or Fragments? The Debate Over Learners' Naive Ideas About Science1107
Mary B. Nakhleh
Novak's Theory of Education: Human Constructivism and Meaningful Learning1107
Stacey Lowery Bretz
Kolb for Chemists: David A. Kolb and Experiential Learning Theory1107
Marcy Towns
Reconstructing Student Meaning: A Theory of Perspective Transformation1107
Donald J. Wink
Chemical Education Research
An Investigation of the Value of Using Concept Maps in General Chemistry1111
Gayle Nicoll, Joseph S. Francisco, and Mary B. Nakhleh
Chemical Education Research
Analysis of Success in General Chemistry Based on Diagnostic Testing Using Logistic Regression1117
Margaret J. Legg, Jason C. Legg, and Thomas J. Greenbowe
Chemical Education Research
Analysis of a Distance-Education Program in Organic Chemistry1122
Martha J. Kurtz and Brandt E. Holden
Chemical Education Research
How Do Organic Chemistry Students Understand and Apply Hydrogen Bonding?1126
J. Henderleiter, R. Smart, J. Anderson, and O. Elian

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
On Chirality in Substituted Metallocenes Bearing Identical Substituents1130
Daisy de Brito Rezende and Ivan P. de Arruda Campos
Effect of Dissolved CO2 on Gran Plots1132
Motomichi Inoue and Quintus Fernando
Only@JCE Online1136
Jon L. Holmes
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