CHEMSTUDY

CHEMICAL EDUCATION MATERIAL STUDY 

The Chemical Education Material Study was originated in USA. This approach was originated due to the concern that in USA, the chemistry education at school level placed undue reliance on the acquisition of facts for their own sake, and was out of touch with modern developments in Chemistry. The experimental nature of science is the basis for student investigation of chemical reactions. This approach was originated in 1960 by J.A.Campel.

Objectives

1. To update chemistry in the light of latest developments in the subjects

2. To give students a good understanding of the subject

3. To organize content in unifying concepts and principles

4. To provide some insight into modes of scientific thinking

5. To provide opportunities for laboratory work, not only to supplement the theoretical knowledge but also to facilitate students in exercising scientific and critical modes of thinking

6. To make students aware of the applications of chemistry in everyday life

CHEM Study Course

The CHEM Study course consists of 25 chapters. The course emphasizes practical as well as theory. The student is allowed to discover many of the fundamental ideas and relations of chemistry for himself and discuss them in a laboratory context with his classmates. The student is sent to the laboratory on the first day of school and he works there of the seven of the first ten days of the school. This approach so intrigues the student that he comes to look forward to laboratory days. He realizes that chemistry is indeed an experimental science, not a subject that can only read about in a book or talked about in class.

The contents were arranged in such a way that emphasis was given to

1. The structure of chemical systems, including electron structure, the geometrical arrangement of the atoms, their relative size and shapes, the packing of atoms and molecules, the forces between them and how these affect their chemistry is expected to guide the student in his understanding and interpretation of the complex chemical formula.

2. The text material begins with an overview of the field of chemistry.

3. The student is introduced to major generalization including energy and chemical reactions, rates of chemical reactions, chemical equilibrium, stoichiometry, atoms and their structure, periodicity of chemical properties and electron structure

4. After the generalizations have been developed through experimentation, the students are expected to continue using what they have learned in interpreting and understanding more complex ideas.

Materials

1. Text book

2. Laboratory Manual

3. Teacher's Guide

4. Supplementary Materials

5. 16mm Colour Movie Films

6. Series of Chemistry Monographs.

Advantages

1. It attempts to rectify the drawbacks of the traditional chemistry by updating the conten with light of new discoveries and by giving students opportunities for first-hand experience in the laboratory.

2. It has led to the improvement in laboratory facilities.

3. The students have been able to learn through heuristic method.

The main feature of CHEM Study is that, it adopts inductive method of teaching of facts and concepts in science. That is moving from particular to general.

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