General Chemistry Investigations: An Interdisciplinary, Research Team Laboratory

一般化学研究：跨学科的研究团队实验室

• 批准号: 9653007
• 负责人: Carmela Amato-Wierda
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-01-01 至 1999-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9653007&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: General; Chemistry; Investigations; Interdisciplinary; Research

This two-year project describes a model for a General Chemistry Laboratory for science and engineering majors that enables students to learn how to function as practicing scientists and engineers. They will work in teams on interdisciplinary, open-ended, inquiry-based projects reflecting current technical challenges in the disciplines representing their career goals. Faculty from biochemistry, chemistry, and various engineering disciplines helped develop the projects and will work with students as instructors and consultants. Students will communicate results via scientific papers peer-reviewed by other students and via oral poster presentations. A Web Journal of General Chemistry will be created in which students can report their findings to a national audience. As they work with students, collaborating faculty will be challenged to explore student-centered pedagogy through which students formulate the investigative questions themselves. Assessment of student learning will be based in part on the written scientific papers and oral poster sessions. An Advisory Committee, consisting of faculty members from chemistry and engineering at other academic institutions, high-school teachers, and industrial scientists, will meet biannually to help evaluate student and faculty progress. Formative and summative evaluations will be performed by a faculty member in the education department using pre- and post-test of science process skills and understanding of science, and interviews with students and faculty about their learning experiences. Students will be surveyed periodically for up-to five years after completing the course. Dissemination routes include the student Web Journal, beta-test sites at St. Anselm and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, national meeting presentations, commercial publication of the companion/manual and publication in prominent journals.

这个为期两年的项目描述了一个通用化学实验室的科学和工程专业，使学生能够学习如何作为实践科学家和工程师的模型。他们将在跨学科，开放式，基于调查的项目团队中工作，反映代表其职业目标的学科中当前的技术挑战。来自生物化学，化学和各种工程学科的教师帮助开发了这些项目，并将作为教师和顾问与学生合作。学生将通过其他学生同行评审的科学论文和口头海报演示来交流结果。将创建普通化学网络期刊，学生可以在其中向全国观众报告他们的发现。当他们与学生合作时，合作教师将面临探索以学生为中心的教学法的挑战，通过这种教学法，学生自己制定调查问题。学生学习的评估将部分基于书面科学论文和口头海报会议。 一个咨询委员会，由来自其他学术机构，高中教师和工业科学家的化学和工程教师组成，将每半年举行一次会议，以帮助评估学生和教师的进展。形成性和总结性评估将由教育部门的一名教师进行，使用科学过程技能和对科学的理解的前测和后测，以及与学生和教师就他们的学习经历进行访谈。学生将在完成课程后的五年内定期接受调查。传播途径包括学生网络期刊、圣安瑟伦和伦斯勒理工学院的beta测试网站、全国会议介绍、商业出版指南/手册以及在著名期刊上发表。