Reflections on the Curriculum Framework Underpinning the Redesigned Advanced Placement Chemistry Course

摘要

The advanced placement (AP) chemistry course has recently undergone a major course redesign, as specified in a new curriculum framework. This commentary reflects on the community process used to author and review the curriculum framework, along with the intellectual framework of big ideas and science practices that guided the redesign. This contribution is part of a special issue on teaching introductory chemistry in the context of the advanced placement chemistry course redesign.