When support for undergraduate STEM education was reestablished at the National Science Foundation in the 1980's, the initial focus was on providing instrumentation for the improvement of undergraduate laboratory courses. Over time, support through the Division of Undergraduate Education broadened to encourage the development of materials, pedagogies, and strategies for faculty development that would improve courses in the STEM curriculum; emphases on systemic approaches to curricular changes; focused efforts in assessment, evaluation, and educational research; and institutional efforts in technician education, teacher preparation, and increasing the number of STEM graduates. Trends that occurred during the period 1992-2012, and their impact on undergraduate chemistry education, will be highlighted and discussed.

Trends in NSF-supported undergraduate chemistry education, 1992-2012

244th National Meeting (2012)

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