t test, a significant test in statistics, shows wide applicability, and plays essential roles in method validation, data evaluation, and quality control. For example, you can compare the mean of a data set with a known value to see if there is a bias in a method. For comparison of two data sets, you need to first make a distinction between unpaired data and paired data. However, in our analytical chemistry textbooks, only unpaired t test is briefly introduced. In contrast, through various examples, both paired t test and unpaired t test are comprehensively introduced in English analytical chemistry textbooks. It is suggested that more systematic statistical contents be integrated into our analytical chemistry teaching. It should be a beneficial attempt for more scientific textbook construction.
Taking the sixth edition of Physical Chemistry of Nanjing University published by Higher Education Press in 2022 as the research object, and drawing on the analytical framework developed by Gkitzia et al., the content analysis method was used to analyze the visual representations in the textbook. Coding statistics and analysis of textbooks are carried out from four dimensions: type of representation, relationship between representation and text, appropriate title and surface feature annotation. The research found that: (1) In terms of representation types, there are symbols, macroscopic, microscopic, and various representations, but there are no multiple or multi-type representations, and the quantity is extremely unbalanced. Amongst, the proportion of symbolic representation (72.85%) is large and exceeds the sum of several other representation forms, while the macro representation (3.31%) and micro representation (5.63%) are significantly less, of which various representations (18.21%) are mainly a combination of "macro-symbol" and "micro-symbol". (2) In terms of representation presentation, the over-all quality is relatively high, specifically, 98.34% of visual representations are completely related and connected to text, 98.34% of visual representations have appropriate titles, and 97.68% of visual representations have clear representation annotations. Based on the research results, possible directions for visual representation improvement in physical chemistry textbooks are explored.
Taking chemical potential as the main line, this paper mainly introduces the derivation of various types of chemical reaction isotherms both systematically and completely in physical chemistry textbooks. By doing so, it can further consolidate and strengthen the students' understanding and application of the chemical potentials of different kinds of substances. On the other hand, it can also make clear the origin of various types of chemical reaction isotherms rather directly and be helpful to the students for their correct understanding and calculation of standard molar Gibbs free energy change ΔrGmϴ, standard equilibrium constant Kϴ (also named thermodynamic equilibrium constant) and reaction quotient Q of various types of chemical reactions. Hence, a rather good teaching effectiveness can be achieved hopefully.
High quality textbooks are the important foundation for high level teaching. This paper made a comparative study of 15 typical physical chemistry textbooks at home and abroad. The comparison is made on 16 aspects including compilation idea, teaching content, acknowledge framework, teaching objectives and the composition and publication of textbooks. The advantages and disadvantages of Chinese physical chemistry textbooks are summarized. Seven suggestions of the important directions and key points for the future construction of physical chemistry textbooks during the 14th Five-Year Plan period was proposed. It has certain reference value for the compilation and publication of physical chemistry textbooks.
In order to fully understand the construction of chemistry textbooks for higher education in the foreign countries and provide a reference for the construction of chemistry textbooks in China, this paper investigates the development and status quo of foreign chemistry teaching materials, and analyzes the construction, discipline structure and technical characteristics of foreign chemistry teaching materials, based on the construction history and content of Foreign Teaching Materials Center of Chemistry. This paper reveals the problems existing in the construction of foreign chemistry textbooks in China, and puts forward some suggestions on promoting the construction of foreign chemistry textbooks.
The construction of textbooks is an important part of the curriculum construction. This paper focuses on the construction of textbooks of the national first-class curriculum of molecular simulation experiment at Shandong University. From the aspects of history and inheritance, development and innovation, summary and prospect, this paper introduces the history of the compilation of chemistry textbooks at Shandong University, the construction of molecular simulation related textbooks at home and abroad, the main contents and features of the Molecular Simulation textbook, and the next revision plan in detail. We hope this will provide inspiration and reference for the writing and revision of relevant textbooks.
This paper introduces the features and evolution of Quantitative Chemical Analysis textbook by authors at Peking University. In the evolution of each edition, the authors try to deliver the thought and way that analytical chemists solve problems. In particular, the authors emphasize on the basic theory and statistical tools, and illustrate the way to solve analytical problems with examples.
This paper focused on the compilation of interface chemistry and colloidal chemistry in physical chemistry textbooks, and a detailed comparison was given about the concept elucidation, content selection and arrangement of knowledge in different versions of Chinese and English textbooks. The Chinese textbooks are compared according to the subject category (such as science edition, engineering edition, agriculture and forestry edition) and different versions of the same editor-in-chief. For the English textbooks, we compared the textbooks compiled by different editors and the three versions compiled by Peter Atkins. The differences and evolution of the compilation methods on interface and colloidal chemistry was analyzed, which provides a reference for compiling textbook and course teaching of related disciplines.
This paper gives a brief comparison of the quantitative chemical analysis content in representative analytical chemistry textbooks by authors at Peking University and overseas. Specifically, the content of introduction, error and data analysis and treatment, as well as chemical equilibria and volumetric titration are evaluated. The compared textbooks cover largely the same basic contents, methods and ways to solve analytical problems. Each book presents the content in its own style, sequence, and point cut, providing diversified perspectives on analytical chemistry. Quantitative Chemical Analysis by authors at Peking University is a concise textbook which elucidates all the basic concepts, principles and methods in limited number of pages. Most overseas textbooks provide a detailed introduction of the basic physical chemistry perspective of chemical equilibria, thus, general chemistry course may not be a prerequisite. The future development of analytical chemistry and related disciplines, as well as the emergence of new analytical methods may become parts of the analytical chemistry textbooks. As a result, the chemical analysis part may be reduced as we cannot make the size of the textbook bigger and bigger without limit. Nevertheless, the procedure and steps to solve problems of analytical chemistry remains the same. In the future analytical chemistry textbooks, the basics and principles in the workflow of the analytical chemistry procedure, and errors and analytical data treatment are suggested to be enhanced. The language/terminology of analytical chemistry and figures of merit of analytical methods are suggested to be introduced. The way to solve complicated chemical equilibria should be further condensed based on the physical chemistry principle. All of the above are the basis for understanding how to solve an analytical chemistry problem, how to develop an analytical method, and how to validate a new analytical method.
"General chemistry" is a required basic course for the most majors of science and engineering. High-quality teaching materials are required for curriculum construction and talent cultivation. In recent decades, the inorganic and general chemistry teaching and research team at Tongji University has systematically constructed the teaching material of general chemistry textbooks in multiple versions, forms and dimensions, and thus reaching to a new level of General Chemistry (2nd edition). Achievements of system construction of this textbook are mainly reflected in the following aspects: 1) the knowledge structure meeting different levels is systematically constructed to meet the need of different talent-cultivation modes, and the knowledge points match the requirements of emerging engineering education are laid out; 2) a teaching material system has been established for adapting to the training goal of high-quality talents with a solid foundation and a broad vision; 3) a dynamic updating mode has been built timely. The textbook embodies the advanced nature, intersections and comprehensiveness of knowledge. Overall, General Chemistry (2nd edition) after the system construction not only conforms to the interdisciplinary characteristics, but also adapts to the requirements of the talent-training for emerging engineering education.
Based on the investigation of the chemistry textbooks published by three publishing houses including Higher Education Press, Science Press and Chemical Industry Press, this paper analyzes the construction history, development status and technology progress of the main domestic textbooks of chemistry core course. The virtues and problems in the construction of chemistry core course is summarized. Some suggestions for future reform and construction of textbooks are put forward. It is of reference significance for the construction of textbooks of chemistry core course in the future.
Electrochemistry is an important tertiary subject in physical chemistry, and the classical content of electrochemistry has become an indispensable part of physical chemistry textbooks. This paper presents a comparative study of the contents of electrochemistry sections in 13 representative physical chemistry textbooks at home and abroad, and analyzes them from several perspectives, including their teaching concepts, organization of teaching contents, selection of teaching contents, and introduction of new knowledge, which are of certain reference value for the preparation and teaching of electrochemistry sections in physical chemistry textbooks.
This paper reviews the history of the construction of textbooks for basic courses of chemistry major in domestic universities and colleges since the founding of the People's Republic of China. On this basis, taking the existing new form textbooks published by Higher Education Press as an example, this paper comprehensively analyzes the impact of various forms of textbook publishing on the teaching model, and puts forward some suggestions on how to effectively improve the quality of textbook compilation and publishing in the future, thus serving the overall situation of the cultivation of chemical professionals in China.
In this paper, 10 representative structural chemistry textbooks at home and abroad are selected for comparative study of teaching contents. The development history and characteristics of domestic structural chemistry textbooks are introduced. The differences between domestic and foreign textbooks are compared in terms of content, exercises and characteristics. The corresponding suggestions for the construction of structural chemistry textbooks in the future are put forward.
Since the resumption of the publishing business of higher education in 1997, Science Press has developed simultaneously with higher education in China and published a large number of characteristic high-quality textbooks suitable for talent training. Focusing on the current situation of construction, innovation, achievements and future ideas, this paper expounds in detail the historical experience of the construction of chemistry core course textbooks of Science Press, analyzes the current problems and challenges, and provides new ideas for the future publication of chemistry core course textbooks.
The history of the construction of physical chemistry textbooks after the founding of the People's Republic of China was reviewed according to the 40-year experience of the author in building physical chemistry textbooks. It is suggested that we need to understand well the relationship between teaching materials and lectures, and manage properly the relationship between teaching materials and scientific research. Teaching material construction should keep up the pace with the time, and strive to achieve the diversification and three-dimensional construction of teaching materials.
The history of the construction for organic chemistry textbooks by Peking University is reviewed. The main content and characteristics of Basic Organic Chemistry (4th edition) are introduced. The construction of textbooks should keep up with the pace of times, and bring forth the new through the old, to improve the cultivation of creative talents.
At present, there are still debates on the choice of "quantum first" and "thermodynamics first" strategies in physical chemistry teaching. Thermodynamics is an important part of physical chemistry. This paper analyzes and compares the current situation of the arrangement of thermodynamics teaching content in 10 typical textbooks at home and abroad, and puts forward the development direction and suggestions, hoping to provide a basis for physical chemistry teaching and textbook construction.
Housecroft & Sharpe's Inorganic Chemistry is a popular, internationally acknowledged textbook which covers inorganic principles, descriptive inorganic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry and applications of the subject in catalysis, industrial processes and materials. This article aims to provide valuable references for the compilation of inorganic chemistry textbooks in China by introducing and comparing the contents and layout of this textbook with domestic ones. It also offers a choice of reference textbooks for teachers engaged in inorganic chemistry teaching.
The Atkins' Physical Chemistry (11th edition) is comprehensively introduced from several aspects including guiding principles of textbook compilation, main contents, chapter and section arrangements, main features, and some shortcomings. It can provide certain revelation and reference for the construction of domestic physical chemistry textbooks, and is also helpful for the teachers and students in the physical chemistry related courses to understand, study and use this book.
Zumdahl's Chemistry is a popular, internationally acknowledged textbook on chemical principles. In this paper, we give a brief introduction of this textbook. The content of the textbook has both breadth and depth, and also has the easy readability, wide applicability and strong expansibility. The compilation of the textbook closely follows the basic idea of helping students' chemical thinking so that they can apply the process of the problem solving to all aspects of their life. In the content and form design, the textbook adopts a variety of strategies to cultivate students' ability of analyzing and solving problems and the ability of critical thinking.
Two classical physical chemistry textbooks, Physical Chemistry (6th edition) by Levine and Physical Chemistry-A Molecular Approach by McQuarrie and Simon, are comprehensively introduced from several aspects including guiding principles of textbook compilation, main contents, chapter and section arrangements, main features, and some shortcomings. This paper can provide certain revelation and reference for the construction of domestic physical chemistry textbooks, and is also helpful for the teachers and students in the physical chemistry related courses to understand, study and use these two books.
Chemical Industry Press is based on serving undergraduate teaching in engineering universities and colleges, with a complete range of science, engineering, agriculture, forestry and medicine, covering both the basic professional courses and professional orientation courses. There are about 300 types of products available for sale, including 20 kinds of textbooks for the 12th Five-Year Plan, 24 kinds of textbooks for the 11th Five-Year Plan, and 80 kinds of textbooks for the four major chemical theory courses. At present, Chemical Industry Press have utilized cloud services, public accounts, teaching platforms, etc. to develop online resources and new forms of teaching materials. In the future, we will keep up with the trends of education reform, actively use information technology, and focus on planning and publishing a batch of high-quality textbooks with outstanding features. At the same time, we will increase efforts to introduce excellent chemistry textbooks from abroad.
This paper summarizes the curriculum setting and textbooks for chemical experiment course of undergraduate chemistry majors in certain domestic comprehensive universities and briefly introduces the classification of scientific instruments. Solutions are provided for the problems of duplicate content, infrequent updates, and insufficient depth of analytical instruments in various chemical experiment textbooks. It is hoped that different perspectives and useful recommendations for the preparation of future chemical experiment textbooks are provided herein.
The two textbooks, Fundamental Organic Chemistry Reaction and Fundamental Organic Chemical Synthesis, cover two classes of core contents involved in a fundamental organic chemistry course, i.e., organic reactions and organic synthesis. Different from the classical organic chemistry textbooks, these books were organized in a modularization style and a micro-course mode. This article provides a comprehensive introduction to these series teaching materials.
We conducted a comparative study of 14 representative organic chemistry textbooks at home and abroad, primarily focusing on the main teaching content, the content layout, information curation, teaching objectives, and the publication scenario. The advantages and disadvantages of developing organic chemistry textbooks in China were analyzed. A few suggestions for the future construction of such textbooks are presented herein.
This article provides an overview of the experiences acquired during the writing process of Basic Organic Chemistry (3rd and 4th Editions), with a focus on the principles underlying certain chapters. Moreover, the importance of synchronous developments between textbook construction and the subject is demonstrated.
In the perspective of "emerging engineering education", the general idea and main measures of new form textbook construction of chemical general education have been explored and practiced based on teaching practice of such courses and compiling relevant textbooks. The new paradigm system of "three transformations, four measures, and five characteristics" is to adapt to the new talents training objectives and the demands of chemical general education courses.
In order to improve the quality of training for high-level talents with a undergraduate-master integration in chemistry, we have compiled a textbook titled Modern Characterization Technology of Polymer Structure and Property for the experimental course "modern chemical experiment and technology". The textbook constructs a new model for the teaching of the undergraduate-master experimental courses, reflecting the characteristics of consolidating the basic professional knowledge, facing the frontier scientific research of the discipline, paying attention to "personalized" training of students' scientific research and practical ability, and comprehensiveness and practicality.
With the emerging trend of high-quality and modern higher education, cultivating higher-order thinking skills among students has become an important strategy for higher education development. Based on our understanding of the connotation of higher-order thinking skills and STS (science, technology, and society) education, this study organized the known conditions in STS exercises using the relationship between physical, quantitative, characteristic, and idle conditions and the cultivation of higher-order thinking skills. Considering the fundamental laws of thermodynamics in physical chemistry as an example, a two-way list of knowledge points combined with STS education was established by integrating teaching objectives, learning situations, and STS exercise planning, which was conducive to higher-order thinking skill cultivation. Considering the type and difficulty of STS exercises, they were designed in the form of selection, adaptation, and self-compilation and practically applied in physical chemistry teaching. These STS exercises promoted the higher-order thinking skills of students via problem solving. Thus, this study provides a novel approach to improve the content and forms of physical chemistry exercises.
This paper reviews and summarizes the background, characteristics and main revised contents of each edition of Inorganic Chemistry co-edited by three universities including Jilin University. It is proposed that contents of textbooks must be closely linked with the requirements of the syllabus and be well connected with chemistry courses in senior high school, and must be in line with the knowledge level of freshmen and maintain the usability of the textbooks for both students and tutors. It also provides the perspective for revision of inorganic chemistry in the future, in hopes to provide some references for the construction of inorganic chemistry textbooks in colleges and universities in the era of "Internet +".
The newly published "Organic Chemistry Experiment (6th Edition)" from Dalian University of Technology combines both printed textbook and online digital resources. The online resources integrate the content from the teaching CD and website resources in 5th edition, alongside newly developed digital resources for 6th edition, to enhance and expand the printed version. The textbook newly presents 14 fundamental experiments in topics about reaction mechanism verification, visualized synthesis, Huang Minglong's reduction, and olefin interchange etc. Additionally, it includes 3 comprehensive experiments: natural cinnamaldehyde extraction and hydroxyaldehyde condensation, proline-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis and LED photocatalytic luminescent material preparation. All new experiments draw from domestic and international experimental teaching papers. Moreover, A design-oriented experiment on industrial flavor esters using the Fischer esterification synthesis, as well as a research-oriented experiment which optimizing the reaction condition for the microwave-assisted Williamson synthesis of 4-nitrophenethyl ether, are also dicussed. The 6th edition textbook establishes a personalized learning platform fostering students' experimental abilities and cultivating a rigorous and innovative style of study.
