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数据表组成。获得16台计算机，每台计算机都与一套游标数据采集探针接口，将用现代仪器升级普通化学实验室，这将使所有普通化学学生专注于发现关键概念和解释数据，而不是数学算法和数据收集。该项目的目标是：1。1 .提高学生对化学的兴趣；使学生接触普通化学水平的现代设备和技术；说谎。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开设了四门课程：化学1040 -环境化学（非理科专业）；化学1140 -通用化学和有机化学导论，面向专职卫生专业；化学1145/1146 -普通化学导论，供理科专业学生使用。这个多样化的学生群体，几乎代表了校园里的每个学术部门，在上一学年总共有1000多名学生，将从早期接触仪器和普通化学课程的实验室部分的新重点中受益。

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.