Integrating Service Learning into the College Chemistry Curriculum

TCE

The Chemical Educator

ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)

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Abstract Volume 3 Issue 3(1998), S1430-4171(98)03213-2

Integrating Service Learning into the College Chemistry Curriculum

Mark S. Cracolice* and Kelly Ward

Department of Chemistry and Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812

Published online: 1 June 1998

Abstract. General chemistry students often complain that they are unmotivated because they see no applications of chemical principles in "real life." Instructors become frustrated by these complaints because they see the world as nothing less than a cornucopia of applications of chemistry. How can students learn that chemistry does apply to real life? In this paper, we describe service learning, a powerful strategy for integrating chemistry, community service, and real-life applications in the general chemistry curriculum.

Key Words: In the Classroom; service learning; general chemistry; curriculum;community service; Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS)

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: markc@selway.umt.edu)

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