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Dr. Guy Ashkenazi Department of Science Teaching The Hebrew University Jerusalem 91904 ISRAEL Tel. +972-2-6584817 Fax. +972-2-6585708 e-mail: guy@fh.huji.ac.il

Current Position and Title

Research Interests:

• Computer based learning environments in undergraduate science.
• Curricular implications of cognitive and phylosophical constructivism.
• Personality type and learning style of adult students.

Current Research Projects:

• A computer enhanced course: Introduction to Chemical Bonding (introductory quantum mechanics).
• Learning in the age of knowledge: A computer based approach for promoting self-education and social interaction in undergraduate science courses.
• Probing students' understanding of chemical concepts: Construction of a General Chemistry Concept Inventory (GCCI) through the use of Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs).
• Learning style, personality type and academic achievement in undergraduate chemistry.
• Molecular simulations for a general chemistry course.
• Distant education of Advanced Placement chemistry course over the Internet.

Future Projects:

• The effects of interactive lecture demonstrations on concept forming in undergraduate chemistry education.
• The effects of a computer based learning environment on the social interaction between students in an undergraduate chemistry course.

List of Publications

1. Ashkenazi, G., Kosloff, R., Ruhman, S., and Tal-Ezer, H. (1995). "Newtonian Propagation Methods Applied to the Photodissociation Dynamics of I3- ", Journal of Chemical Physics, 103 (23), p. 10005.
2. Martinez, T. J., Ben-Nun, M., Ashkenazi, G. (1996). "Classical / Quantal Method for Multistate Dynamics: A Computational Study", Journal of Chemical Physics, 104(3), p. 2847.
3. Ashkenazi, G., Banin, U., Bartana, A., Kosloff R., and Ruhman, S. (1997). "Quantum Description of the Impulsive Photodissociation Dynamics of I3- in Solution", Advances in Chemical Physics, 100, p. 229.
4. Ashkenazi, G., Kosloff, R., and Ben Zvi, N. (1997). "Computer Aided Instruction of Quantum Mechanics", poster presentation at the 4th Electronic Computational Chemistry Conference (ECCC4).
5. Ashkenazi, G., Kosloff, R., and Ratner, M.A. (1999). "Photoexcited Electron Transfer: Short-time Dynamics and Turnover Control by Dephasing, Relaxation and Mixing", Journal of the American Chemistry Society, 121(14), p. 3386.
6. Ashkenazi, G. (2001). "Visualizing Entropy: Web based molecular dynamics simulations", poster presentation at the 2001 GRC on science education and visualization.
7. Ashkenazi, G. (2001). "Visualizing Multiple Bonds", poster presentation at the 2001 GRC on science education and visualization.
8. Kashy, D.A., Albertelli, G., Ashkenazi, G., Kashy, E., Ng, H. and Thoennessen, M. (2001), “Individualized Interactive Exercises: A Promising Role for Network Technology”, Proceedings of the 2001 Frontiers in Education Conference.