Transforming Chemistry Education through Computational Science

Author

Sendlinger, Shawn C. ; DeCoste, Don J. ; Dunning, Thom H. ; Dummitt, Diana Avalos ; Jakobsson, Eric ; Mattson, Dave R. ; Wiziecki, Edee Norman

Author_Institution

North Carolina Central Univ., Durham, NC

Volume

10

Issue

5

fYear

2008

Firstpage

34

Lastpage

39

Abstract

An ongoing US National Science Foundation-funded project, the Institute for Chemistry Literacy through Computational Science (ICLCS), involves instructing rural Illinois high school chemistry teachers in the educational uses of computation. The project´s training helps participants become educational leaders and change agents. In this article, we report on the participants and their students´ classroom experiences and discuss how petascale computing will impact educational uses of computational science and further promote scientific literacy..

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer based training; physics education; ICLCS US National Science Foundation-funded project; Institute for Chemistry Literacy through Computational Science; change agents; chemistry education; educational leaders; petascale computing; rural Illinois high school chemistry teachers; student classroom experiences; training; Chemical technology; Chemistry; Computer interfaces; Education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational technology; Fellows; Petascale computing; Visualization; HPC in Education; chemistry; collaborative learning; computer applications; computer literacy; computer uses in education; computer-supported collaborative work; computers and education; computers and society; computing milieux; education; high-performance computing; organizational impacts; physical sciences and engineering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computing in Science & Engineering

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-9615

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCSE.2008.124

Filename

4604503