Collaborative Research: A Two-Year College/Four-year University Partnership to Transform Chemistry and Biotechnology Curricula using FT-NMR

与亚利桑那州立大学西校区(亚利桑那州立大学西校区)合作，格伦代尔社区学院(GCC)正在将核磁共振谱仪和其他仪器的使用与有机化学和生物技术的实践经验的教学转变相结合。这一结合正在建立一个强大的STEM教育基础项目，以提高学生为工业和四年制学位项目做准备的质量。具体地说，目标是：1.通过开设侧重于平行仪器、其他实验室技术技能以及包括实际使用仪器在内的教学改革的课程，将化学和生物技术课程联系起来。2.利用GCC与亚利桑那州立大学韦斯特分校的合作伙伴关系，让社区大学生沉浸在大学研究环境中。这一伙伴关系为学生提供了进入四年制学位课程的明确途径，预计将增加学生在追求和获得高级学位方面的未来成功。3.建立一个评估循环，重点放在学生成功与学生接触仪器和修订的教学方法之间的联系。智力上的功绩。由于班级规模小，师生比例高，GCC是学生在学习过程中最大限度地接触实践和积极参与策略，并评估教学技巧的理想环境。GCC的学生利用最新的教学技术，在学术和研究级别的乐器方面获得了宝贵和丰富的经验。他们还通过一个独特的项目获得专业发展的机会，该项目让他们接触到亚利桑那州立大学西部的研究环境、研究传播以及潜在的学术、政府和行业职业。更广泛的影响。GCC是马里科帕县社区学院区的十所社区学院之一，马里科帕县社区学院区是世界上最大的社区学院区之一。GCC的学生群体是高度多样化的，33%的学生(其中24.9%是西班牙裔)是在STEM领域代表性不足的群体的成员。因此，该项目服务于代表性不足的群体，包括来自低社会经济背景的群体和第一代大学生。与亚利桑那州立大学韦斯特分校的合作正在为GCC的学生进入STEM领域创造一条管道，并正在为他们的学士学位和研究生学习做准备。该项目是利用补充手段在社区学院和大学之间发展协同和变革性伙伴关系的国家典范。一个严格的评估计划记录了学生在与实践教学相结合时对乐器的理解，以及由于这个项目而导致的态度变化。参与的教职员工将通过在相关同行评议期刊上发表出版物和在适当的会议上发表演讲来传播项目的结果。他们还在举办研讨会，目的是积极鼓励其他MCCCD学院采用这一项目，特别是那些已经配备了核磁共振仪器的学院。

In collaboration with Arizona State University at the West campus (ASU West), Glendale Community College (GCC) is integrating the use of an NMR spectrometer and other instrumentation with a pedagogical change to hands-on experiences across organic chemistry and biotechnology. This combination is establishing a strong foundational STEM educational program that improves the quality of student preparedness for industry and four-year degree programs. Specifically, the objectives are: 1. To bridge chemistry and biotechnology curricula by creating courses that focus on parallel instrumentation, other laboratory technical skills, and pedagogical changes that include hands-on use of the instrumentation. 2. To immerse community college students in the university research environment by leveraging GCC's partnership with ASU West. This partnership provides students with a clear route for entry into four-year degree programs and is expected to increase the future success of the students in the pursuit and attainment of advanced degrees. 3. To create an assessment loop that focuses on the links between student success and the exposure of students to instrumentation and to revised instructional pedagogy. Intellectual Merit. Because of the small class size and high faculty to student ratio, GCC is an ideal setting in which to maximize student exposure to hands-on, active-participation strategies in the learning process, and to assess pedagogical techniques. GCC students are gaining from valuable and extensive experience on both academic and research grade instrumentation using up-to-date pedagogical techniques. They also are given opportunities for professional development through a unique program that exposes them to the ASU West research environment, research dissemination, and potential academic, government and industry careers. Broader Impacts. GCC is one of ten community colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCD), one of the largest community college districts in the world. The GCC student population is highly diverse with 33% (of which 24.9% are Hispanic) of the students being members of groups underrepresented in STEM fields. Thus, the project is serving underrepresented groups including those from low socioeconomic backgrounds and first-generation college students. The alliance with ASU West is creating a pipeline for GCC students to enter STEM fields, and is preparing them for baccalaureate and graduate studies. The project serves as a national model of using complementary instruments to develop a synergistic and transformative partnership between a Community College and a University. A rigorous evaluative program is documenting student understanding of instrumentation when integrated with hands-on pedagogy as well as attitude changes as a result of this project. The faculty involved will disseminate the results of the project through publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals and by presentations at appropriate conferences. They also are conducting workshops with the intent of aggressively encouraging adoption of this project at other MCCCD colleges, especially those already equipped with an NMR instrument.