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James Signorelli
James Signorelli has taught advanced placement chemistry, honors chemistry and honors physics for over 38 years in a northern New Jersey public school district. This school became ...view moreJames Signorelli has taught advanced placement chemistry, honors chemistry and honors physics for over 38 years in a northern New Jersey public school district. This school became a state magnet school for gifted and talented students in 2001. At that school, has served as the Science Department Chairman overseeing the implementation and application of high rigor classes in all of the sciences for over seventeen years, while still carrying a full teaching schedule. Mr. Signorelli is on staff at two local universities working on both teacher outreach and middle college programs. He serves on the board of directors of the New Jersey section / American Association of Physics Teachers.
He was a senior research flavor chemist for over eight years. This allowed him to write and give advice on curriculum which prepared students for both an industrial and educational course of study. Mr. Signorelli believes that a trend in schools to replace hands on lab experiences with a virtual lab done on the computer is a mistake. He has experienced ill-prepared students in college who had never worked with real chemicals or equipment. His colleagues also have commented on this growing problem. It appears that the business office has taken over the classroom. Decisions on how or what to teach is effected by the bottom line….cost! This lab manual brings the student back into the lab to perform real experiments on diverse topics within the framework of an honors and advanced chemistry program.
Throughout his years of teaching and industry, Mr. Signorelli has been honored for his research on various essential oils; an invited speaker at several chemists symposiums; as the chemistry teacher of the year by the American Chemical Society; cited as an outstanding teacher by the Bergen County and New Jersey State legislature; recognized by Princeton University for his teaching; and has been elected to Who's Who Among American Teachers.view less