Project CAUSE (Computer Assisted Undergraduate Science Education)

项目 CAUSE（计算机辅助本科科学教育）

• 批准号: 9551799
• 负责人: Albert Magro
• 金额: $ 3.1万
• 依托单位: Fairmont State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-08-01 至 1997-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9551799&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Project; CAUSE; Computer; Assisted; Undergraduate

Through this project, the university is equipping a 20-workstation microcomputer-assisted data accumulation and analysis laboratory. The instrumentation is being used in Principles of Chemistry, a course designed for chemistry majors and other students who require a rigorous introductory class in general chemistry. Each workstation consists of a microcomputer equipped with a variety of data accumulating probes and supporting hardware. The equipment is durable, easy to use and highly suitable for undergraduate level courses. The use of computer-interfaced probes allows rapid, accurate data accumulation, which in turn allows more time to be spent on data interpretation. The instrumentation also is capable of running several different experiments simultaneously or consecutively. The data storage system and versatile software analyze and conveniently sort files, and a hard copy can be produced that is relevant to a particular concept or cluster of concepts. These qualities make the instrumentation highly applicable to real-time data interpretation. The instrumentation is in keeping with the goal of exposing students to instruments with computer-assisted capabilities throughout the curriculum, thereby better preparing the student for graduate school and a work place that is increasingly dependent upon such technologies. Some 400 students (chemistry, biology, and other majors) could benefit from the project over the 5-year period.

通过这个项目，该大学正在装备一个有20个工作站的微型计算机辅助数据积累和分析实验室。 该仪器被用于化学原理，这是一门为化学专业和其他需要严格的普通化学入门课程的学生设计的课程。 每个工作站由一台配备有各种数据积累探头和支持硬件的微型计算机组成。 该设备耐用，易于使用，非常适合本科课程。 使用计算机接口探头可以快速、准确地积累数据，这反过来又可以将更多的时间花在数据解释上。 该仪器还能够同时或连续运行几个不同的实验。 数据存储系统和多功能软件分析和方便地分类文件，并且可以产生与特定概念或概念簇相关的硬拷贝。 这些品质使仪器非常适用于实时数据解释。 该仪器是在整个课程中让学生接触到具有计算机辅助功能的仪器的目标，从而更好地为学生准备研究生院和工作场所，这是越来越依赖于这种技术。 大约400名学生（化学，生物和其他专业）可以在5年内从该项目中受益。