Legendary H. Frank Halliwell, a leader in chemistry education reform and director of Britain's Nuffield O-Level Chemistry project, viewed interactions of Bench (observations) and Blackboard (interpretations) as central to effective instruction. Stanitski showed how this could be enacted through his early high school teacher involvement with CBA and CHEM Study, and, later, in leadership roles in IAC and ChemCom. His conviction that we're in the �learning business�--not the �teaching business�--helped shape secondary and college level context-based programs [ChemCom and Chemistry in Context], and highly regarded chemistry-major curricula. In archery terms, his constant commitment has been to hit the target, not just to optimize the bow.

Bench, blackboards, and curriculum development

245th National Meeting (2013)

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