Revitalizing Scientific Inquiry In The Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum

9450658克雷格：本科生化学课程的结构由美国化学学会专业培训委员会(CPT)决定。虽然CPT制定的课程标准成功地确定和规范了培养专业化学家的教育标准，但不断变化的学生人数给这一课程结构带来了压力。这一课程规划项目旨在通过将教育过程与科学发现发生的方式更接近地建模来提高专业和非专业学生的教育体验。课程结构和辅助材料的设计将强调问题的解决，化学的跨学科应用，以及更容易获得化学信息。这一目标将通过五项课程倡议的努力来实现。从主要是本科院校中挑选出来的四人团队将参与这些倡议。它们是模块化课程设计倡议；实验室创新倡议；中级和高级跨学科课程倡议；可视化和数据库访问倡议；以及评估工具倡议。合作机构包括艾伦敦学院、布法罗州立学院、芬格湖社区学院、霍巴特和威廉·史密斯学院、詹姆斯·麦迪逊大学、米尔斯维尔大学、宾夕法尼亚州立大学、里弗学院、罗切斯特理工学院、匹兹堡大学、宾夕法尼亚州约克学院。

9450658 Craig The structure of the undergraduate chemistry curriculum is determined by the American Chemical Society Committee on Professional Training (CPT). While the curricular standards established by the CPT have succeeded in defining and regularizing educational standards for the training of professional chemists, changing student populations have created pressures on this curricular structure. This curriculum planning project is designed to enhance the educational experience of both majors and non-majors by modeling the educational process more closely in parallel to the way in which scientific discovery occurs. Curricular structures and support materials will be designed to emphasize problem solving, interdisciplinary applications of chemistry, and increased ease of access to chemical information. This goal will be accomplished through the efforts of five curriculum initiatives. Four-person teams selected from primarily undergraduate colleges will participate in these initiatives. They are Modular Course Design Initiative; Laboratory Innovation Initiative; Intermediate and Advanced Interdisciplinary Course Initiative; Visualization and Database Access Initiative; and Assessment Tools Initiative. The Collaborating institutions are Allentown College, Buffalo State College, Finger Lakes Community College, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, James Madison University, Millersville University, Pennsylvania State University, River College, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, York College of Pennsylvania.