Quality Undergraduate Integration of Laboratory Technology

跨学科(99)GC/MS仪器正被垂直整合到本科生物和化学课程中，从一年级的课程到高级课程。在总共九门课程中引入了使用GC/MS的研究性和探究性实验室实验，从而使生物和化学课程现代化。通过早期接触GC/MS仪器，学生对利用技术解决科学问题的理解和能力得到加强。此外，该仪器为本科生和教职员工的联合研究提供了新的机会，包括跨学科合作研究。正在评估实验室改进在改善学生态度和学生学习方面的有效性。在每门课程中，评估是确定实验室对整体概念学习的有效性，并检查与以前的实验室活动相比，使用GC/MS阐明概念的有效性。这些评估增加了以项目为基础的实验室作为各级本科教育教学工具的有效性的数据。

Interdisciplinary (99) A GC/MS instrument is being vertically integrated into the undergraduate biology and chemistry curriculum, from freshman courses through senior level classes. Project-based and inquiry laboratory experiments using GC/MS are being introduced in a total of nine courses thereby serving to modernize the biology and chemistry curriculum. Student understanding of and ability to utilize technology to address scientific questions is enhanced through early exposure to the GC/MS instrumentation. Additionally, the instrument provides new opportunities for joint undergraduate student-faculty research, including interdisciplinary collaborative research.The laboratory improvements are being evaluated for their effectiveness in improving student attitudes and student learning. In each course, evaluations are determining the effectiveness of laboratories on overall learning of concepts, and examining the effectiveness of using GC/MS to elucidate a concept as compared with previous laboratory activities. These assessments are adding to the body of data on the effectiveness of project-based laboratories as teaching tools at all levels of undergraduate education.