Diane Bunce

Diane Bunce received her BS in chemistry from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY, a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Cornell University and a PhD in Chemical Education from University of Maryland, College Park. She served as one of the original authors on the American Chemical Society's high school textbook, ChemCom and the ACS textbook for college non science majors, Chemistry in Context. Diane is past chair of the Division of Chemical Education (2000) and founding feature editor of the Chemical Education Research Feature of the Journal of Chemical Education. She is the recipient of several teaching awards including the American Chemical Society's Helen Free Award for Public Outreach (August 2001); Western Connecticut Section of the American Chemical Society's Visiting Scientist Award (May 2001); Chemical Manufacturing Chemists Catalyst Award for National Excellence in Chemistry Teaching, 1998; Society of College Science Teachers/Kendall Hunt Award for Outstanding College Science Teaching, 1995; CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) 1993, Undergraduate Professor of the Year - District of Columbia; and the James E. Dornan Memorial Teacher of the Year Award 1991, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Selected Publications

Bunce, Diane, Havanki, Katherine, and VandenPlas, Jessica. "Comparison of the effectiveness of a student response system (SRS) vs. online WebCT quizzes on student achievement" Journal of Chemical Education. Vol. 3, Number 83. 2006. 488-493.

Bunce, Diane, and VandenPlas, Jessica., "Student recognition and construction of quality chemistry essay responses" Chemistry Education Research and Practice. Vol. 3, Number 7. 2006. 160-169.

Bunce, D. M. and Gabel, D. "The Differential Effects of Teaching the Particulate Nature of Chemistry on the Achievement of Men and Women", Journal of Research in Science Teaching. v39 n10 p911-27 Dec 2002.

Bunce, D. M. "Does Piaget Still Have Anything to Say to Chemists?" Journal of Chemical Education, 78 (9) August 2001.

Bunce, D. M. and W. R. Robinson. "Research in Chemical Education - the Third branch of our profession" Journal of Chemical Education, 74 (9), Sept. 1997.

Bowen, C.W. and D. M. Bunce. "Testing for conceptual understanding in general chemistry", The Chemical Educator, 2 (2), 1997.

Books

Bunce, Diane, and Cole, Renee., Nuts and Bolts of Chemical Education Research. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2007 In Press.

Chapters in Book

Bunce, Diane. "Constructing Good and Researchable Questions" Nuts and Bolts of Chemical Education Research. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2007 In Press. 1-13.

Bunce, Diane, and Cole, Renee., "USING This Book To Find Answers To Chemical Education Research Questions" Nuts and Bolts of Chemical Education Research. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2007 In Press. 1-13.

Bunce, Diane, Havanki, Katherine, and VandenPlas, Jessica. "A Theory-based Evaluation of POGIL Workshops" Process Orientated Guided Inquiry Learning. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2007 In Press. 1-15.

Daubenmire, Patrick and Bunce, Diane., "What Exactly do Students Experience during POGIL Instruction?" Process Orientated Guided Inquiry Learning. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2007 In Press. 1-15.

Bunce, D.M. "Inquiry Learning: What Is It and How Do You Do It?", in S.A. Ware (ed.) Applying the National Teaching Standards to the Teaching of Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 1997.

Gabel, D. and D. Bunce. "Research on Chemistry Problem Solving," in Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning Science, D. Gabel, Ed., Macmillan Publ. 1994.

Champagne, A.B. and D. Bunce. "Learning Theory Based Science Teaching," pp. 21-41, in Psychology of Learning Science. Shawn Glynn, Russell Yeany & Bruce Britton, Eds. Lawrence Earlbaum Assoc. N.J. 1991.


Diane M. Bunce
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