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

化学(12)普通化学实验室通常由传统的实验和填空的数据表组成。购置16台计算机，每台计算机与一套游标数据采集探头相连，将使普通化学实验室配备现代仪器，使所有普通化学学生能够专注于发现关键概念和解释数据，而不是专注于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.使学生接触到普通化学水平的现代设备和技术；以及3.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上有四门课程：化学1040--环境化学，面向非理科专业；化学1140--普通和有机化学导论，面向专科卫生专业；以及化学1145/1146--普通化学导论，面向理科专业。这一多样化的学生群体，几乎代表了校园里的每个学术部门，上一学年共有1000多名学生，他们将受益于早期接触仪器和普通化学课程实验室部分的新重点。

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.