Meeting the Needs of All General Chemistry Students: Computers and Interfaced Analytical Probes in the Laboratory

化学（12）一般化学实验室通常由传统的实验和填写空白数据表组成。购置16台计算机，每台计算机都连接一套游标数据采集探头，将用现代仪器升级普通化学实验室，使所有普通化学学生能够专注于关键概念的发现和数据的解释，而不是数学算法和数据收集。该项目的目标是：1.提高学生对化学的兴趣;2.让学生接触普通化学水平的现代设备和技术;以及提高学生对概念的理解，培养批判性思维能力。目前在普通化学水平教授四门课程：化学1040 -环境化学，非科学专业;化学1140 -普通和有机化学介绍，为联合健康专业;和化学1145/1146 -介绍普通化学，为科学专业。这个多样化的学生群体，代表几乎每一个学术部门在校园里，总共超过1000名学生的最后一个学年，将受益于早期接触仪器和新的重点在实验室部分的普通化学课程。

Chemistry (12)General Chemistry laboratories often consist of traditional experiments with fill-in-the-blank data sheets. Acquisition of 16 computers, each interfaced to a set of Vernier data acquisition probes, will up-grade the General Chemistry laboratories with modern instrumentation which will enable all General Chemistry students to focus on the discovery of critical concepts and the interpretation of data rather than on mathematical algorithms and data collection.The goals of the project are:1. to increase student interest in chemistry;2. to expose students to modern equipment and techniques at the General Chemistry level; and3. to improve student understanding of concepts and develop critical thinking skills. Four courses are currently taught at the General Chemistry level: Chemistry 1040 -Environmental Chemistry, for non-science majors; Chemistry 1140 - Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry, for allied health majors; and Chemistry 1145/1146 - Introduction to General Chemistry, for science majors.This diverse group of students, representing nearly every academic department on campus and totaling more than 1000 students for the last academic year, will benefit from early exposure to instrumentation and the new focus in the laboratory portion of the General Chemistry courses.