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The Role of the Laboratory in Chemistry Instruction by Elliott, M. J, Stewart, K. K, Lagowski, J. J

“…In an attempt to establish the role of the laboratory in chemistry instruction, an historical perspective is developed, in the hope of extracting the consensus…”
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Effectiveness of Facilitating Small-Group Learning in Large Lecture Classes by Lyon, D. C, Lagowski, J. J

“…We report the results of a study designed to investigate the effectiveness of peer-led, small-group discussions in a large (N > 400) general chemistry course…”
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Effectiveness of Facilitating Small-Group Learning in Large Lecture Classes: A General Chemistry Case Study by Lyon, D. C, Lagowski, J. J

“…We report the results of a study designed to investigate the effectiveness of peer-led, small-group discussions in a large (N greater than 400) general…”
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Comparison of geometries and electronic structures of polyacetylene, polyborole, polycyclopentadiene, polypyrrole, polyfuran, polysilole, polyphosphole, polythiophene, polyselenophene and polytellurophene by Salzner, U., Lagowski, J.B., Pickup, P.G., Poirier, R.A.

“…Geometries of monomers through hexamers of cylopentadiene, pyrrole, furan, silole, phosphole, thiophene, selenophene and tellurophene, and monomers through…”
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Accurate Method for Obtaining Band Gaps in Conducting Polymers Using a DFT/Hybrid Approach by Salzner, U, Pickup, P. G, Poirier, R. A, Lagowski, J. B

“…DFT calculations on a series of oligomers have been used to estimate band gaps, ionization potentials, electron affinities, and bandwidths for polyacetylene,…”
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p73 expression modulates p63 and Mdm2 protein presence in complex with p53 family-specific DNA target sequence in squamous cell carcinogenesis by Johnson, J, Lagowski, J, Lawson, S, Liu, Y, Kulesz-Martin, M

“…The expression of p73 and p63 isoforms is frequently deregulated in human epithelial tumors. We previously showed that loss of p73 protein expression…”
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Electrochemical Behavior of Sodium Anions by Montes, Luis, Lagowski, J. J

“…Electrochemical studies of sodium and its salts were carried out in 0.1 M TBAP and in electrolyte-free tetrahydrofuran solutions at room temperature. Working…”
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The Electrochemical Synthesis of Transition-Metal Acetylacetonates by Long, S. R, Browning, S. R, Lagowski, J. J

“…The electrochemical synthesis of transition-metal acetylacetonates described here can form the basis of assisting in the transformation of an entry-level…”
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Cognitive Apprenticeship Theory and Graduate Chemistry Education by Stewart, K. K, Lagowski, J. J

“…We address the issues of reform in laboratory instruction by linking the critical details in that process to graduate programs designed to teach advanced…”
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Systemic Approach to Teaching and Learning by Lagowski, J. J

“…Readers might be interested in the continued proliferation of the use of the ideas encapsulated in the education technique described as the Systemic Approach…”
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"Old" Technology Is Still Useful by Lagowski, J. J

“…Scantron technology and even punch cards still have a usefulness in the current educational environment, which is awash with interactive technologies…”
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From the Beginning: The Journal of Chemical Education and Secondary School Chemistry by Lagowski, Joseph J

“…The people, events, and issues that were involved in the beginning and the evolution of the Journal of Chemical Education and the Division of Chemical…”
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The Fuge Tube Diode Array Spectrophotometer by Arneson, B. T, Stewart, K. K, Lagowski, J. J, Long, S. R

“…We present the details for adapting a diode array UV–vis spectrophotometer to incorporate the use of polypropylene microcentrifuge tubes—fuge tubes—as…”
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Systemic Reform in Chemical Education: An International Perspective by Fahmy, A. F. M, Lagowski, J. J

“…The Systemic Approach to Teaching and Learning (SATL) has its roots in concept mapping. Systemic diagrams (a closed cluster of concepts) are useful devices for…”
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The Synthesis of Copper(II) Carboxylates Revisited by Kushner, Kevin, Spangler, Robert E, Salazar, Ralph A, Lagowski, J. J

“…An electrochemical synthesis of copper(II) carboxylates has been developed and used in the general chemistry laboratory course for chemistry majors. This…”
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Chemical Education: Past, Present, and Future by Lagowski, Joseph J

“…This is a review of chemical education activities, starting in the 19th century with the beginnings of academic chemistry in the United States. The interaction…”
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Evidence that blue luminescence of oxidized porous silicon originates from SiO2 by Kontkiewicz, A. J., Kontkiewicz, A. M., Siejka, J., Sen, S., Nowak, G., Hoff, A. M., Sakthivel, P., Ahmed, K., Mukherjee, P., Witanachchi, S., Lagowski, J.

“…We have analyzed red and blue luminescence from porous silicon as a function of oxidation parameters and feature dimension determined with an atomic force…”
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Design of low band gap polymers employing density functional theory-hybrid functionals ameliorate band gap problem by Salzner, U., Lagowski, J. B., Pickup, P. G., Poirier, R. A.

“…Band gaps in solids and excitation energies in finite systems are underestimated significantly if estimated from differences between eigenvalues obtained…”
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Metal Ammonia Solutions: Solutions Containing Argentide Ions by Tran, N. E, Lagowski, J. J

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On an improved pyrolytic synthesis of [60]- and [70]-fullerene by Conley, N.R, Lagowski, J.J

“…The nickel-catalyzed pyrolysis of two fullerene precursors — (1) naphthalene and (2) 1-bromonaphthalene — at 1200°C in an argon atmosphere has been…”
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