Bill DonovanAssociate Professor
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[Chemistry Dept. Help Room/Computer Lab]
Course Info [3150:199, Fall 2008] |
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Bill DonovanAssociate Professor
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[Chemistry Dept. Help Room/Computer Lab]
Course Info [3150:199, Fall 2008] |
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Education and Positions Held
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People in Dr. Donovan's Group
 | Adessa Butler, PhD student in Chemistry (doing dissertation research on inquiry in high school classrooms) |
| Jim Engle, BS Chemistry major (did Honors project on effect of Learning Assistant on chemistry grade improvement and distribution) |
Current Interests (Academic)
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| Effects of Learning Assistants on grade distribution and grade improvement in freshman chemistry (research project by undergraduate student Jim Engle) | ||||
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| Development and implementation of computer-assisted data collection in labs (with Helen Richter and Todd Wagler, Department of Chemistry) | ||||
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| Math preparation and success in Principles of Chemistry (with Ethel Wheland, Department of Applied and Theoretical Mathematics, and Rose Marie Konet and Kevin Butler, Office of Computer-Based Assessment & Evaluation ) | ||||
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| Placement tools for developmental mathematics and Intermediate Algebra (with Ethel Wheland, UA Math Department) | ||||
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| ITL
Teaching with Technology
Research Group|
| Development and implementation of middle-school and 9th-grade chemistry
lesson plans through NEOCEx (Northeastern Ohio Center of Excellence for Math
and Science Education, UA collaboration with Kent State, Youngstown State,
Cleveland State, and Akron, Parma, and Aurora Schools) and PFS (Partnering for
Success, collaboration with Cleveland State, John Carroll University,
Cleveland Schools, et al.) |
| Broad implementation of undergraduate research in first- and second-year
chemistry courses (NSF-funded collaboration with 15 Ohio institutions
including Ohio State, Cincinnati, Toledo, Dayton, Youngstown, Cleveland
State, Capital University, Columbus State Community College, and others) | |
Other Activities and Interests
| Member of Board of Directors of Knucklehead Charities, Inc. which sends underprivileged children to Purdue football and basketball games. |
| riding my bike (I need to do this more often than I do...) |
| Zips Football and Basketball |
| Delaware Football |
| Purdue Football, Women's Basketball, and Baseball |
| Akron Aeros (Cleveland Indians AA team) |
| The Price Is Right |
| Late Show with David Letterman |
Memberships
| American Chemical Society |
| ACS Exams Institute First Term General Chemistry Exam Committee |
| ACS Division of Chemical Education |
| Chemical Education Chair, ACS Akron Section |
| American Educational Research Association |
| National Association for Research in Science Teaching |
| National Science Teachers Association |
| Sigma Xi |
| AK-ROWDIES (UA student cheering section) |
| UA Z-FUND |
| John Purdue Club |
 wdonovan@uakron.edu |
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Last meaningful update 9/15/08; last nit-picky detail probably changed sometime thereafter
