Improvement of Chemistry Curriculum by Addition of Computer Assisted Labs in General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis

使用计算机来控制仪器和收集和分析数据是当今化学课程的一个组成部分，应该渗透到学生的各个层次。在过去的五年里，匡威学院的化学系在高级物理化学实验室和仪器分析中成功地使用了HRM（人际关系媒体）软件：化学实验。人力资源管理软件允许学生使用热敏电阻探头或电极收集实时数据，将其直接输入计算机并以图形方式分析该数据。由于其在这些实验室的成功，因为该部门致力于不断改进其课程，他们获得了9个Apple IIe/HRM计算机软件设置，用于普通化学和定量分析，以收集和分析数据。这将计算机辅助实验室的使用扩展到基础课程中，科学专业和非科学专业的学生都可以使用计算机辅助实验室。该机构已为该项目提供了相当于国家科学基金会基金的金额。

The use of computer for controlling instruments and in the collecting and analyzing of data is an integral part of the chemistry curriculum today and should pervade all levels of a student's experience. The Chemistry Department at Converse College has used the HRM (Human Relations Media) Software: Experiments in Chemistry successfully for the last five year in the upper level Physical Chemistry Laboratory and Instrumental Analysis. The HRM software allow students to collect real-time data using a thermistor probe or electrode, enter it directly into the computer and graphically analyze that data. Because of its success in these laboratories and because the department is committed to the continuing improvement of its curriculum they obtained nine Apple IIe/HRM computer software set-ups to be used in General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis for the collection and analysis of data. This has extended the use of computer assisted labs into the elementary curriculum where is it used by science and non-science majors alike. The institution has contributed to this project in an amount equal to the NSF funds.