Full Integration of Classroom and Laboratory in a First Year Chemistry/Materials Course

第一年化学/材料课程中课堂和实验室的全面整合

• 批准号: 9752393
• 负责人: John Hudson
• 金额: $ 12.46万
• 依托单位: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-15 至 2001-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9752393&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Full; Integration; Classroom; Laboratory; First

Over the past seven years, Rensselaer has developed a course sequence, Chemistry of Materials, that combines material from traditional General Chemistry and beginning Materials Science and Engineering courses that is taught to all engineering freshmen. Currently, the format of this course is being changed from the traditional lecture-recitation format to an interactive studio format, which emphasizes the active involvement of the student in the learning process. The connection between the laboratory and classroom material is made directly, and the practical relevance of the classroom material is made immediately obvious. A barrier to this integration has been the lack of experiments that can be performed within the two-hour interactive sessions that occupy the bulk of class time in this approach. In this project a series of laboratories will be designed to occupy 30-50 minutes of class time, and will emphasize discovery of basic principles, rather than verification of a previously enunciated principle. Successful completion of this project will result in the integration of laboratory and classroom material and will maximize the active involvement of the students in the learning process.

在过去的七年里，伦斯勒开发了一个课程序列，材料化学，结合了传统的普通化学材料和开始材料科学与工程课程，教授给所有工程新生。目前，这门课程的形式正在从传统的讲座-背诵形式转变为互动工作室形式，强调学生在学习过程中的积极参与。 实验室和课堂材料之间的联系是直接的，课堂材料的实际相关性是显而易见的。 这种整合的一个障碍是缺乏实验，可以在两个小时的互动会议，占用了大量的课堂时间，在这种方法中进行。在这个项目中，一系列的实验室将被设计成占用30-50分钟的课堂时间，并将强调发现基本原理，而不是验证以前阐述的原理。该项目的成功完成将导致实验室和课堂材料的整合，并将最大限度地提高学生在学习过程中的积极参与。