Josefina Arce
Professor
Contact
Email: jarce@uprrp.edu or josefinaarce@gmail.com
Tel. 787.764.0000 Ext.7201
Office at Old Architecture Building, First Floor
Education
Tel. 787.764.0000 Ext.7201
Office at Old Architecture Building, First Floor
Education
University of Texas at Austin, Research Associate 1986-87
University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras Ph.D 1974
University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras BS in Chemistry 1969
Research Interests
Use of interactive demonstrations to develop thinking skills, and promote deep understanding of chemical concepts. Effectiveness of various teaching methodologies to promote conceptual understanding and assessments of this understanding. Effectiveness of analogies to promote understanding difficult chemical concepts.
Selected Publications
· Student-Designed Experiments: Heat of Fusion of Water, J. Arce and R. Betacourt, Journal of College Science Teaching 23(2), 114 (1997).
· A Student-Designed Kinetics Experiment: The Reaction of a Food Colorant with Sodium Hypochlorite, Journal of Chemical Education, 75, 1142-1144, (1998)
· General Chemistry Laboratory Manual, J. Arce, R. Betancourt, and N. Motta, (2000), (ISBN970-10-2593-8) McGraw Hill.
· The design, implementation, and assessment of a new capstone course aimed at science education majors, J. Arce and R. Betancourt, Journal of Mathematics and Science, Vol 4 (2), 105-114,(2001)
· The Puerto Rico Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (PR-CETP): development of a knowledge building community of practice, J. Arce and S. Macksoud, Journal of Mathematics and Science, Vol 4 (2), 1-6,(2001)
Principal Investigator, Puerto Rico Math and Science Partnership (AlACiMa)
http://www.prmsp.org
University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras Ph.D 1974
University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras BS in Chemistry 1969
Research Interests
Use of interactive demonstrations to develop thinking skills, and promote deep understanding of chemical concepts. Effectiveness of various teaching methodologies to promote conceptual understanding and assessments of this understanding. Effectiveness of analogies to promote understanding difficult chemical concepts.
Selected Publications
· Student-Designed Experiments: Heat of Fusion of Water, J. Arce and R. Betacourt, Journal of College Science Teaching 23(2), 114 (1997).
· A Student-Designed Kinetics Experiment: The Reaction of a Food Colorant with Sodium Hypochlorite, Journal of Chemical Education, 75, 1142-1144, (1998)
· General Chemistry Laboratory Manual, J. Arce, R. Betancourt, and N. Motta, (2000), (ISBN970-10-2593-8) McGraw Hill.
· The design, implementation, and assessment of a new capstone course aimed at science education majors, J. Arce and R. Betancourt, Journal of Mathematics and Science, Vol 4 (2), 105-114,(2001)
· The Puerto Rico Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (PR-CETP): development of a knowledge building community of practice, J. Arce and S. Macksoud, Journal of Mathematics and Science, Vol 4 (2), 1-6,(2001)
Principal Investigator, Puerto Rico Math and Science Partnership (AlACiMa)
http://www.prmsp.org