Abstract
Many chemical educators agree college-level general chemistry courses are in serious need of reform, although they don't all agree on just what the reform should consist. The American Chemical Society's Division of Chemical Education has recently appointed a task force to help sort out the questions and come up with some answers. Members of the task force presented a progress report at a divisional symposium. After introductory remarks by task force chairman James N. Spencer, a chemistry professor at Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., the need for the task force was discussed by John J. Fortman, a chemistry professor at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Fortman says many recent reports have pointed out problems with college general chemistry courses. For example, the ACS Committee on Professional Training revealed in a recent newsletter the group's consensus that the introductory chemistry course can and should be improved in many ways and current courses do ...
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