I get very confused sometimes. But I was able to teach just fine. After a few quarters, his student rating shot up from average to the high pre-crash levels, in some classes higher. He keeps the yellow forms around for reassurance when self-doubt rises. Research, in Zoller's view, is important only insofar as it helps the student.
Research shows how chemistry relates to the world.
It gives you real knowledge, the insight you need to teach. You can't just teach chemistry out of a book. Though Zoller's research has lagged, his ambition to use what his past work has uncovered has culminated in a novel project being copied in several states. Zoller's plan was to clean up both by sending UW undergraduates into high schools to talk about greenhouse warming, ozone depletion, hazardous wastes and other problems. Since spring 1990, students have lectured at dozens of Washington high schools, including those in Seattle, Bellevue, Port Angeles, Tacoma, Olympia, Issaquah, Oroville and Snohomish.