ROLE-PLAYING ANALYTICAL-CHEMISTRY LABORATORIES .1. STRUCTURAL AND PEDAGOGICAL IDEAS

Chemists and educators are concerned about how they can encourage and motivate students to pursue careers in chemistry. For more than 20 years, John P. Walters has been developing an innovative curriculum for students that emphasizes chemistry and, simultaneously, management and leadership skills (see Anal. Chem. 1991, 63, 347 A). In this first of a series of three REPORTs, Walters establishes the framework on which this curriculum is based. Part II, which will appear in the November 15 issue, describes the physical resources (lab space and equipment) necessary to undertake this approach. Part III, to be presented in the December 15 issue, discusses the actual written laboratory experiments and provides an evaluative summary of the role-playing approach.