Impact-Instrument Modernization Program for the Advancement of Chemistry Teaching

从内城高中毕业的少数民族学生历来是计算机文盲，很少接触科学仪器，通常对科学也很不感兴趣。本项目的目标是为每个学生创造一个成功的高科技化学学习环境，可以为其他城区的化学学生提供借鉴。该项目采购的设备包括14台Apple IIGS微型计算机/Leap通用实验室接口系统。由于这些系统被完全纳入到特定的实验室研究中，学生们能够在整个化学课程中使用微型计算机。此外，当这些计算机不与Leap界面一起使用时，学生可以使用它们进行计算、实验室模拟、撰写最终实验室报告等。每学期，该系都会遇到在以下方面有缺陷的学生：决策、计算机素养、绘图、计算、写作(实验报告)、理解基本科学原理和分析数据。该项目为市中心的学生提供了克服这些缺陷所需的机会和工具。该机构为该项目提供了相当于NSF资金的捐款。

Minority students graduating from Inner City high schools historically are computer illiterate, have little exposure to scientific instrumentation and generally very little interest in science. The objective of this project is to create a successful high tech chemistry learning environment for the individual student that can be used as a model for other inner city chemistry students. The equipment acquired by this project included 14 Apple IIGS microcomputer/Leap universal lab interface systems. Since theses systems are fully incorporated into specific laboratory studies, students are able to utilize microcomputers throughout their chemistry courses. In addition, these computers, when not used in conjunction with the Leap interface, are used by students for calculations, laboratory simulations, the writing of final laboratory reports, and the like. Each semester, the department encounters students with deficiencies in the following areas: Decision Making, Computer Literacy, Graphing, Computations, Writing (Lab Report), Understanding Basic Scientific Principles, and Analyzing Data. This project has provided inner city students with the opportunity and tools needed to overcome these deficiencies. The institution has contributed to the project in an amount equal to the NSF funds.