Advancing Undergraduate Chemical Education Through Contextualized Organic Laboratories

通过情境化有机实验室推进本科化学教育

• 批准号: 1140602
• 负责人: Martin O'Donnell
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-05-15 至 2015-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1140602&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Advancing; Undergraduate; Chemical; Education; Through

The focus of this project is to develop, implement and evaluate interdisciplinary science education materials, contextualized around the quest for drug discovery to treat neglected diseases. In order to solve this intellectual challenge, students are trained in chemical synthesis, computational analysis and biological evaluation through problem solving in each of these core scientific disciplines. As part of their course work, students gain general literacy regarding the application of science to solving important humanitarian problems, learn about the drug discovery process, use integrated STEM skills, and participate in national and international student and teacher collaborations. Independent professional assessment is part of the project design. Intellectual merit includes development of educational materials that will enable students to learn about the drug discovery process and perform significant research with no predetermined outcome during their undergraduate education. Broader impacts include the self-contained modules of lectures and labs, produced to achieve a readily disseminated, contextualized, multidisciplinary science laboratory experience that are simple, reproducible and inexpensive.

该项目的重点是开发、实施和评估跨学科的科学教育材料，以寻求药物发现来治疗被忽视的疾病。为了解决这一智力挑战，学生们通过解决这些核心科学学科的问题，在化学合成、计算分析和生物评价方面进行培训。作为课程工作的一部分，学生将获得有关应用科学解决重要人道主义问题的一般素养，了解药物发现过程，使用综合STEM技能，并参与国内和国际学生和教师的合作。独立的专业评估是项目设计的一部分。智力价值包括开发教育材料，使学生能够在本科教育期间了解药物发现过程并进行没有预定结果的重要研究。更广泛的影响包括讲座和实验室的独立模块，这些模块的产生是为了实现易于传播的、背景化的、多学科的科学实验室经验，这些经验简单、可复制且价格低廉。