National Science Foundation Laboratory Improvement

The revitalization of chemistry education has received much recent attention and taken many forms. Modes of teaching, textbooks, laboratory instruction— all aspects of the chemistry curriculum have undergone scrutiny for reform. A recent National Science Foundation report, Shaping the Future New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology characterizes the nature of the most successful curricular and pedagogical improvements ... 

This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant CHE89-22048 and by the In-House Laboratories Independent Research program of the United States Army. We thank Drs. G. Ford, I. Hillier, A. Klamt, M. Newton, J. Urban, and A. Warshel for their gracious assistance in providing thoughtful criticism and suggesting improvements. 

National Science Foundation. Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program Solicitation, NSF05-559. http //www.nsf.gov /pubs 005/nsffl5559/nsf05559.htm (accessed Fall 2006). 

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