Presentations at meetings (1995 - 2006)

• Greenbowe, T.J. “Combining guided-inquiry tutorials and computer simulations to enhance students’ understanding of chemistry.” A keynote address presented at the NZASE ChemEd 2007 Conference, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, July 3, 2007.

• .Greenbowe, T.J. “Five years of using computer simulations.” A paper presented at the 19th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, August 1, 2006.

• Greenbowe, T.J. “Improving students’ understanding of chemistry using the Sience Writing Heuristic.” A paper presented at the Summer 2006 American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, July 25, 2006.

• Greenbowe, T.J. “Effective laboratory instruction and effective laboratory notebooks influence students’ understanding of chemistry” A paper presented at the 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 30, 2006.

• Greenbowe, T.J. “Plumbing is for Plumbers. Chemical education research is for chemical education researchers: Re-thinking the role of evaluators in NSF grant projects”. A paper presented at the 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, March 28, 2006.

• Greenbowe, T. J. and Meltzer, D.E. “The role of multiple representations in facilitating student understanding of thermodynamics.” A poster presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting, Physics Education Research Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 11, 2005.

• Greenbowe, T. J. and Meltzer, D.E. “Investigations of Student Reasoning in Thermochemistry.” A poster presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Meeting, Physics Education Research Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 11, 2005.

• Greenbowe, T. J.; Burke, K.A., and Hand, B.M. "Using the Science Writing Heuristic to help students understand chemistry." A paper presented at the ChemEd 2005 Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, August 2, 2005.

• Greenbowe, T.J.; K.A. Burke, “An overview of the Science Writing Heuristic.” A workshop presented at the Middle Atlantic Discovery Chemistry Project Meeting, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, June 5 and 6, 2005.

• Greenbowe, T.J.; Han-Chin Liu; Rohini Vanchisawran, “Web-based computer simulations for general chemistry.” A presented at the Middle Atlantic Discovery Chemistry Project Meeting, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, June 5, 2005.

• Greenbowe, T.J.; K.A. Burke, “The process of using guided-inquiry, hands-on collaborative activities and the science writing heuristic for general chemistry.” A paper presented at the 229th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 13, 2005.

• Greenbowe, T.J.; K.A. Burke; Rohini Vanchisawran, “Improving understanding of solution calorimetry concepts.” A paper presented at the 229th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 14, 2005.\\

• Greenbowe, T.J. “Comfortably numb: Educating faculty about the scholarship of teaching and learning.” An invited talk presented at the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, North Carolina State University, Durham, NC, November 11, 2004.

• Poock, J.; Burke, K.A.; Greenbowe, T.J.; and Hand, B.M. “Training teaching assistants to teach Using Inquiry yields High dividends for students”. A paper presented at the 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, July 22, 2004.

• Hand, B.M. Greenbowe, T.J.; and Rudd, II, J. A. “Using the science writing heuristic to enhance guided-inquiry in the general chemistry laboratory course”. A paper presented at the 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, July 19, 2004.

• Greenbowe, T.J. “Student difficulties with chemical processes involving heat exchange during simple calorimetry experiments”. An invited talk presented at the 2004 Summer Conference: Integrating Science and Mathematics Research into Teaching. University of Maine – Orono, Orono, ME, June 21, 2004.

• Greenbowe, T.J.; Han-Chin Liu; Rohini Vanchisawran, “Web-Based Lab Simulations for General Chemistry”. A paper presented at the 227th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 31, 2004

• Poock, J.; Burke, K.A.; Greenbowe, T.J.; and Hand, B.M. “Using inquiry and the science writing heuristic to improve students’ understanding of chemistry”. A paper presented at the 227th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 28, 2004.

• Greenbowe, T. J. “Improving students’ understanding of chemistry by incorporating inquiry, the science writing heuristic and web-based computer simulations. A keynote presentation at the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium (2YC3) National Meeting, Concordia College, Irvine, CA, March 26, 2004.

• Greenbowe, T.J.;Poock, J.; Burke, K.A.; and Hand, B.M. "Training teaching assistants to teach using inquiry and the science writing heuristic yields high dividends for students." A paper presented at the 59th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Oklahoma City, OK, October 27, 2003.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Using computer simulations, guided-inquiry, and the science writing heuristic to help students understand chemistry." A paper presented at the Chem Ed 2003 Conference, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, July 28, 2003.
• Burke, K.A.; Poock, J.; Cantonwine, D.; Greenbowe, T.J.; and Hand, B.M. "Evaluating the effectiveness of implementing inquiry and the science writing heuristic in the general chemistry laboratory: teaching assistants and students." A paper presented at the 225th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, March 27, 2003.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Developing and classroom testing instructional materials to help students understand chemical concepts: The influence of George M.Bodner on a chemical educator." A paper presented at the Symposium Honoring George M. Bodner (Pimentel Award) at the 225th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, March 25, 2003.
• Greenbowe, T.J.; Vanchiswaran, R.; Liu, H-C.; Burke, K.A.; Poock, J.; Cantonwine, D.; and Hand, B.M. "Computer simulations and accompanying quided-inquiry tutorials for general chemistry." A paper presented at the 225th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, March 23, 2003.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Active learning as a technique to help students understand chemistry." Keynote address presented at the Minnesota Higher Education System Chemistry Conference, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, October 25, 2002.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "What our students tell us when they write explanations about chemistry." A paper presented at the Conference of Ontological, Epistemological, Linguistic, and Pedagogical Considerations of Language and Science Literacy: Empowering Research and Informing Instruction, Sydney, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, September 13, 2002.
• Rudd, II, J.A.; Greenbowe, T.J.; Hand, B. "A gradual restructuring of the general chemistry laboratory using the science writing heuristic: Evaluating the Science Writing Heuristic." A paper presented at the 17th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Western Washington, Bellingham, WA, July, 30, 2002.
• Gelder, J.I.; Burke, K.A.; Greenbowe, T.J. "Can you change the way you teach and the way your students learn chemistry?" A paper presented at the 17th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Western Washington, Bellingham, WA, July, 30, 2002.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Using guided-inquiry, the Science Writing Heuristic and computer simulations to restructure the general chemistry laboratory." A paper presented at the 17th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Western Washington, Bellingham, WA, July, 29, 2002.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Using computer simulations coupled with guided-inquiry tutorials as an effective way to promote active learning." A paper presented at the 223rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL, April 4, 2002.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Understanding of thermochemical concepts in the context of calorimetry." A paper presented at the Symposium for Discipline-Based education Research in Science and Mathematics at the 2002 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, February 15, 2002.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Guided-inquiry tutorials for developing students' understanding of chemistry." A paper presented at the Mid-West Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Lincoln, NE, October 11, 2001.
• Burke, K.A. and Greenbowe, T.J. "Changing from a teacher centered to a student centered classroom: the MID project." A paper presented at the Mid-West Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Lincoln, NE, October 11, 2001.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Assessing your students' understanding of chemistry." A paper presented at the 222nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL., August 28, 2001.
• Rudd, II, J.A. and Greenbowe, T.J. "Implementation of the science writing heuristic in a general chemistry laboratory course." A paper presented at the 222nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL., August 27, 2001.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Land of hope and dreams: Coordinating the general chemistry program a Iowa State University." A paper presented at the 222nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL., August 26, 2001.

• Meltzer, D.E. and Greenbowe, T.J. "Recurrent areas of confusion in student leaning of thermodynamics. " A paper presented at the Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Rochester, NY, July 23, 2001.
• Greenbowe, T.J., Burke, K.A. and Gelder, J. "Batteries and bulbs: A D.C. circuit guided-inquiry activity for chemists." A presentation and activity presented at the PKAL workshop, Snowbird, UT, July 24, 2001.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Using computer animations to help students acquire models and to help students visualize at the particulate nature of matter level of representation." A paper presented at the 221st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA., April 4, 2001.
• Burke, K.A. and Greenbowe, T.J. "Barriers and pathways to implementing active student learning in the chemistry classroom: Case studies." A paper presented at the 221st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA., April 2, 2001.
• Rudd, II, J.A. Greenbowe, T.J. and Hand, B.M. "Using the science-writing heuristic to promote conceptual understanding of equilibrium." A paper presented at the 221st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA., April 1, 2001.
• Greenbowe, T.J. and Meltzer, D.E. " One student's understanding of the laws of thermodynamics and the role of chemical reaction in calorimetry experiments: A case study." A paper presented at the 221st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA., April 1, 2001.
• Meltzer, D.E. and Greenbowe, T.J. "Dynamics of student learning of thermodynamics concepts". A paper presented at the winter meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, San Diego, CA, January 8, 2001.
• Greenbowe, T.J., and Rudd, II, J.A. "Helping students acquire acid-base equilibria concepts: computer simulations, guided-inquiry, discrepant events, and the science writing heuristic." A paper presented at the 220th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., August 23, 2000.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "The chemical education doctoral program at Iowa State University." A paper presented at the 220th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., August 23, 2000.
• Greenbowe, T.J, Woo, L.K., and Burke, K.A. "Hybridization in Iowa: NSF systemic reform efforts planted." A paper presented at the Symposium on NSF supported curriculum projects -Adapt and Adopt: Lessons Learned at the 16th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 2, 2000.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Changing the mode of instruction means changing the mode of assessment." A paper presented at the 16th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 31, 2000.
• Greenbowe, T.J. and Rudd, II, J.A. "A guided-inquiry tutorial for learning acid-base equilibria concepts." A poster-paper presented at the 219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 19, 2000.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Driving students nuts: Conflicting concepts in chemistry and physics." A paper presented at the National Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Kissimmee, FL, January, 19, 2000.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Conceptual computer animations." A paper presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Education, Connecticut College, New London, CT, June 20, 1999.
• Greenbowe, T.J, Woo, L.K., and Burke, K.A. "Hybridization: Adapting and adopting systemic changes in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum in Iowa." A paper presented at the Symposium on NSF-Supported Curriculum Development at the 217th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 24, 1999.
• Greenbowe, T.J. and Hand, B. "Writing to learn chemistry." A paper presented at the Symposium on the Role of Science Faculty in the Preparation of K-12 Teachers at the 217th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 22, 1999.
• Greenbowe, T.J "The legacy of J. Dudley Herron's 'Piaget for Chemists': Helping students understand difficult chemistry concepts." A paper presented at the Symposium Honoring J. Dudley Herron at the 217th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, March 21, 1999.
• Greenbowe,T.J. and Vader, D. "ChemCom vs.the evil empire." A paper presented at the 15th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, August 12, 1998.
• Greenbowe and Burke, K.A.. "Computer animations at the particulate nature of matter level." A paper presented at the 15th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, August 11, 1998.
• Greenbowe,T.J. "Chemical Education Research: The X-Files." A paper presented at the 15th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, August 11, 1998.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Collaborative Distance Education: The Iowa Chemistry Education Alliance." Seminar speaker at the University of Washington, Department of Chemistry, Seattle, WA, April, 21, 1998.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Conceptual Computer Animations and Simulations: Improving Students' Understanding of Chemistry." Plenary speaker at the Washington Section Meeting of the American Chemical Society, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, April, 20, 1998.
• Greenbowe, T.J., and Yang, E-M. "Improving students' understanding of batteries: The use of cooperative learning and computer animations." A paper presented at the Symposium on Applying Chemical Education research to Classroom Problems at the 215th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, TX, April 1, 1998
• Greenbowe, T.J. and Charlesworth, P. "A multimedia FT-NMR project." A paper presented at the Symposium on NSF-Supported Curriculum Development, at the 215th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, TX, March 29, 1998
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Conceptual Computer Animations and Simulations: Improving Students' Understanding of Chemistry." Plenary speaker at the Minnesota Section Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Concordia College, St. Paul, MN, January, 22, 1998.
• Miller, G., Richmond, P., and Greenbowe, T.J. "Safety in the chemistry curriculum at Iowa State University: Teaching and enforcing Safety practices in the teaching and research laboratories." A paper presented at the Symposium on Chemical Safety in the Introductory Courses at the 214th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Las Vegas, NV, September 11, 1997.
• Burke, K.A., and Greenbowe, T.J., "Iowa Chemistry Education Alliance: A collaborative distance education project." A paper presented at the Symposium on the Impact of Multimedia on Students at the 213th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, April 17, 1997.
• Greenbowe, T.J., "Conceptual computer animations: Improving students' understanding of chemistry." A paper presented at the Symposium on the Impact of Multimedia on Students at the 213th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, April 16, 1997.
• Burke, K.A., and Greenbowe, T.J., "Distance education as a means for fostering collaborative efforts among Iowa's chemistry faculty." A paper presented at Iowa Distance Learning Association (IDLA) conference, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, February 28, 1997.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "Conceptual Computer Animations and Simulations: Improving Students' Understanding of Chemistry." A seminar presented at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO, March, 17, 1997.
• Greenbowe, T.J. "The Iowa Chemistry Alliance and the DaVinci Art & Chemistry Project: High School Chemistry Teachers Make It Happen." Plenary speaker at the Sioux Valley Section Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, IA, February, 22, 1997.
• Lynch M. and Greenbowe, T.J. "A computer simulation of the method of initial rates." A paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, August 7, 1996.
• Sanger, M. J. and Greenbowe, T. J., "Addressing student misconceptions: Concerning electron flow in electrolyte solutions using computer animations and the conceptual change approach." A paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Symposium on Chemical Education Research, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, August 7, 1996.
• Burke, K.A., and Greenbowe, T.J., "Distance education and chemistry faculty development." A paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Symposium on the Use of Distance Education, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, August 6, 1996.
• Greenbowe, T.J. and Burke, K.A., "Making the chemistry large lecture presentation interactive" A paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Multimedia Symposium, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, August 6, 1996.
• Greenbowe, T.J., Frantzen, S. A., Veysey, S. W., Burke, K.A., and Woo, L. K., "A multimedia FT-IR project." A paper presented at the 14th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Large Lecture Symposium, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, August 5, 1996.
• Greenbowe, T.J. and Burke, K.A. "Use of modern communications technology in developing the general chemistry curriculum: IGCN, a FIPSE project." A paper presented at the 133rd Two Year College Chemistry Conference (2YC₃), Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny, Iowa September 29, 1995.
• Greenbowe, T. J. "Use of computer animations to enhance conceptual understanding in chemistry." A paper presented at the 133rd Two Year College Chemistry Conference (2YC₃), Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny, Iowa, September 29, 1995.
• Lynch, M. D. and Greenbowe, T.J. "Computer-based instruction that stresses student misconceptions in chemical kinetics." A paper presented at the 210th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, Illinois, August 23, 1995.
• Greenbowe, T.J., Sanger, M. J., Burke, K.A., and Lynch, M. D. "Results of using computer animations on conceptual topics in the lecture presentation and their effect on student performance on examination questions." A paper presented at the 210th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, Illinois, August 23, 1995.
• Sanger, M. J. and Greenbowe, T.J. "Common student misconceptions in the field of electrochemistry: Galvanic, electrolytic, and concentration cells". A paper presented at the 210th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, Illinois, August 21, 1995.
• Burke, K.A. and Greenbowe, T.J. "Using distance education to change the introductory college chemistry curriculum." A paper presented at the National Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) meeting, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, July 8, 1995.