Enhance Science Education at Claflin University Via Targeted Infusion of Chemical Instrumentation in Chemistry Laboratory

克拉夫林大学通过在化学实验室有针对性地注入化学仪器来加强科学教育

• 批准号: 1238841
• 负责人: Muthukrishna Raja
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Claflin 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: 2012-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1238841&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhance; Science; Education; Claflin; University

The targeted infusion project of Claflin University has as its goal to enhance the scientific teaching and research infrastructure in the Department of Chemistry at Claflin University. This will be achieved with the upgrade and redesign of several chemistry laboratories and incorporation of summer and academic year undergraduate internships. As a result, Claflin University is expected to improve student retention in several gatekeeping chemistry courses, enhance the critical thinking skills of chemistry students and increase the overall retention rate of chemistry and biochemistry majors by 15%. Ultimately, the activities proposed for Claflin University will not only expose students to cutting edge research in the chemical sciences, but will also improve their capacities to compete for highly coveted undergraduate research opportunities. As such, it is expected that a significant percentage of Claflin students will, subsequently, matriculate into STEM graduate degree programs, thereby contributing to the diversification of the US STEM workforce.

克拉夫林大学有针对性的注入项目的目标是加强克拉夫林大学化学系的科学教学和研究基础设施。 这将通过几个化学实验室的升级和重新设计以及夏季和学年本科生实习的合并来实现。因此，克拉夫林大学有望提高学生在几门守门化学课程中的保留率，增强化学专业学生的批判性思维能力，并将化学和生物化学专业的整体留存率提高15%。最终，为克拉夫林大学提出的活动不仅将使学生接触到化学科学的前沿研究，而且还将提高他们争夺令人垂涎的本科研究机会的能力。 因此，预计相当比例的克拉夫林学生将随后进入STEM研究生学位课程，从而为美国STEM劳动力的多样化做出贡献。