A Hybrid Integrated Laboratory and Inquiry-Based Research Experience: Replacing Traditional Laboratory Instruction with a Sustainable Student-Led Research Project
A Hybrid Integrated Laboratory and Inquiry-Based Research Experience: Replacing Traditional Laboratory Instruction with a Sustainable Student-Led Research Project
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DOI：
10.1021/ed500793q
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发表时间：
2015-06-01
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3
通讯作者：
Muratore, Kathryn E.
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作者：
Hartings, Matthew R.;Fox, Douglas M.;Muratore, Kathryn E.
美国大学化学系已用两个为期两个学期、学生主导的研究项目取代了初中和高中水平的实验室课程，作为该系美国化学会认可项目的一部分。在每个序列的第一学期，教师指导学生完成一系列先前进行的实验，并向学生介绍一个研究项目、具体的实验室技术和仪器。因此，第一学期（秋季）采取对照实验的形式。在第二（春季）学期，学生根据自己的研究兴趣并以第一学期的工作为基础，设计并进行自己选择的实验。在接下来的学年中，一批新的学生继续进行这项研究。上一学年第二学期的研究成为本学年第一学期的对照实验。这样，研究项目就会根据学生的决定不断成长和发展。在这两个学期中，学生将接受评估，包括进行实验、保持适当的记录、设计和遵守安全协议、撰写提案以及书面和口头展示其工作的能力。该计划向我们的学生团体授予研究项目的所有权或自主权，受到学生的好评，有助于实现部门目标，并导致研究出版物和资助提案的产生。
The Department of Chemistry at American University has replaced its junior- and senior-level laboratory curriculum with two, two-semester long, student-led research projects as part of the department's American Chemical Society-accredited program. In the first semester of each sequence, a faculty instructor leads the students through a set of previously performed experiments and introduces the students to a research project, specific laboratory techniques, and instrumentation. As such, the first (fall) semester takes the form of a control experiment. During the second (spring) semester, students design and carry out experiments of their own choosing that are based on their research interests and that build upon the first semester's work. In the subsequent academic year, the research is continued by a new set of students. The research from the previous academic year's second semester becomes the control experiments of the current academic year's first semester. In this way, the research project continually grows and develops according to student decisions. During these two semesters, students are assessed on their ability to perform experiments, maintain proper record keeping, designing and following safety protocols, proposal writing, and written and oral presentations of their work. This program, which grants ownership, or autonomy, of a research project to our student body, has been well received by the students, helped to meet departmental objectives, and led to a research publication and a funded grant proposal.