Classroom instruction exercises

Tel. 608-262-52533, fax 608-262-0381, e-mail jcesoft macc.misc.edu Exercises for teaching quantum theory. Periodic Table Stack. Molecular Dynamics of the F -I- H2 Chemical Reaction. About 70 other programs for instruction in chemistry. Also 650 programs for classroom use distributed by Project SERAPHIM. PCs, Macintosh, and other microcomputers. 

Traditional versus nontraditional exercises. Although the instructional presentation is traditional, the assessment of it is not. Virtually all existing classroom and textbook instruction about arithmetic story problems requires only that students come up with a numerical response. SPS very rarely requests the student to do so. Instead, SPS has the student identify the type of situation(s) present in a problem, demonstrate an understanding of how the various pieces of the problem fit the situation, recognize which of several situations is the primary one in a multisituation problem, and show the order of steps one would take to solve a complex problem. 

Prewar academic procedures at the Chemical Warfare School had been adjusted to classes of approximately fifty students. For most indoor instruction, groups much in excess of this number presented a problem because of classroom limitations. Consequently it was often necessary to divide large classes into two or even three sections for classroom work, with the sections uniting for outdoor exercise. 

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