X-Ray Crystallography for Transforming Undergraduate Instruction at PUIs in the Pacific Northwest

该项目在刘易斯和克拉克学院以及其他三个校区--乔治福克斯大学、威拉米特大学和波特兰大学--的联合体使用单晶X射线晶体学（SC-XRD）为普通化学和有机化学学生提供实践教育。课程材料使用SC-XRD分析样品，并确定准确和精确的测量的完整的三维结构的分子，包括键距和角度，设计，实施，评估和diseminated。SC-XRD是本科化学课程中的一个新兴课题，该项目有助于填补现有课程材料的空白。来自参与校园的教职员工参加研讨会，在那里他们都使用仪器完善自己的技能，并开发新的教材。通过在线数据共享，其他机构可以获得结构信息。课程材料和评价结果通过赞助的区域会议、项目网站和出版物传播。开发材料的技术组成部分的评估是由一位经验丰富的晶体学家进行，而教师的专业发展和项目对学生的态度和学习成果的影响的评估，是由一名教师从刘易斯和克拉克教育和咨询研究生院。

This project provides general and organic chemistry students with hands-on education using single crystal X-ray crystallography (SC-XRD) at Lewis and Clark College and a consortium of three other campuses - George Fox University, Willamette University and the University of Portland. Curricular materials using SC-XRD to analyze samples and determine accurate and precise measurements of the full three dimensional structure of a molecule, including bond distances and angles, are designed, implemented, evaluated and diseminated. SC-XRD is an emerging topic in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum and this projects helps to fill a gap in available curricular materials. Faculty members from participating campuses participate in workshops where they both refine their skills using the instrumentation and develop the new teaching materials. Structural information is available to other institutions through online data sharing. Curricular materials and evaluation outcomes are disseminated through a sponsored regional meeting, project web site and publications. Evaluation of the technical component of developed materials is performed by an experienced crystallographer, while evaluation of the faculty professional development and the project's impact on student attitudes and learning outcomes, is performed by a faculty member from the Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling.