Cooperative Chemistry Laboratories

化学系正在将合作引导式探究实验室引入普通化学课程。学生们放弃了12个单独进行的传统的一个实验室阶段的练习，以便在每学期以小组形式进行选定的研究项目。在本学期的课程中，学生将他们解决问题的技能应用到尽可能接近研究过程的项目中。除了学习如何识别科学研究的有效方法和计划实验外，学生还使用他们的书面和口头交流技能来批评和评估他们的结果。

The Department of chemistry is introducing cooperative guided inquiry laboratories into the general chemistry course. The students are forgoing twelve, individually performed, traditional one laboratory period exercises in order to work in groups on selected research oriented projects per semester. During the course of the semester, students apply their problem solving skills to projects approximating the research process as closely as possible. In addition to learning how to recognize fruitful approaches to scientific investigations and to plan experiments, the students also use both their written and oral communication skills to critique and evaluate their results.