{"id":117,"date":"2020-05-24T17:29:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T21:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemed\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=117"},"modified":"2023-05-18T10:42:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T14:42:06","slug":"binyomin-abrams","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemed\/profile\/binyomin-abrams\/","title":{"rendered":"Binyomin Abrams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Roles and Appointments<\/h3>\n<p>Research Associate Professor of Chemistry<br \/>\nDirector of General Chemistry, Department of Chemistry<br \/>\nDirector of the undergraduate program in Science Education, College of Arts and Sciences<br \/>\nDepartment of Teaching and Learning, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development<\/p>\n<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p>The Abrams group&#8217;s research in chemical education is focused three main areas: (1)\u00a0<span>novel approaches to teaching introductory chemistry; (2) understanding and improving the translation of skills between chemistry\u00a0courses; and (3) effective incorporation of educational technology in chemistry\u00a0courses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some active projects include the award-winning OrgoPrep hybrid summer program, studying the effectiveness of question-embedded videos for use in STEM education, bridging the gap in content knowledge between high school and college chemistry instructors, and developing and assessing pedagogies for improving outcomes in chemistry for students from historically marginalized groups.<\/p>\n<p><span>Some previous projects include the development of\u00a0the Boston University Chemistry Writing Program (CH WRITES), bringing the LA program to Boston University, using out-of-class activities to strengthen visual models for quantum concepts, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Honors<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"singlespace\">\n<li>Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology (May, 2021)<\/li>\n<li>Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching (May, 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Templeton Prize for Excellence in Student Advising (May 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Sokol Fellow, 2007<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Teaching<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"singlespace\">\n<li>CH101\/102 \u2013 General Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>CH111\/112 \u2013 Intensive General Chemistry Lab<\/li>\n<li>CH903 \u2013 Innovation in Science Pedagogy and Teaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":6368,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6368"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/117\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}