| Contents |
Learning theory and national standards applied to teaching clay science / Audrey C. Rule -- Using a discrepant event to teach the coagulation and flocculation of colloids / Shobha B. Parekh and Audrey C. Rule -- Cooperative learning techniques: applications to clay science / Stephen Guggenheim and Sharon Kane -- Rubrics in teaching assessment / Richard W. Berry -- Using analogies to enhance learning in clay science / Audrey C. Rule -- Kaolin mineralogy and commercial utilization / Jessica Elzea Kogel and Audrey C. Rule -- Use of multimedia to enhance clay mineralogy laboratory activities / Ray E. Ferrell, Johan Forsman, and Wanda S. LeBlanc -- Determination of illite crystallite thickness distributions by X-ray diffraction, and the relationship of thickness to crystal growth mechanisms by the use of MudMaster, GALOPER, and related computer programs / D.D. Eberl -- Introduction to the analysis of clay minerals by laser and X-ray diffraction techniques / Stephen Guggenheim -- Interlayer reactions in expandable clays: exchange, solvation, and intercalation experiments / Brenda Ross and Stephen Guggenheim -- Infrared spectroscopy in clay science / Paul A. Schroeder -- Structure and chemistry of clay minerals: learning through application / Jean Hemzacek Laukant |
