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This communication raises two important issues. First, it describes the history of case-based teaching and its adoption by scientists, most of whom are biologists and asks the question, 鈥淚f the method is so promising, why aren鈥檛 more chemists and other physical scientists using the approach?鈥?Second, the various styles of case study teaching are compared using the well-known 鈥淐one of Learning鈥?as a standard. The methods using the greatest student interaction, such as problem-based learning, are proposed to produce the greatest learning.r>Keywords:
High School/Introductory Chemistry; First-Year Undergraduate/General; Upper-Division Undergraduate; History/Philosophy; Curriculum; Collaborative/Cooperative Learning; Inquiry-Based/Discovery Learning; Problem Solving/Decision Making; Professional Development; Student-Centered Learning