Cooperative Chemistry Laboratories: Faculty Enhancement

本计画旨在让教师、普通化学协调员及实验室主任熟悉普通化学实验室合作学习的理论与实务。 参与者被邀请从所有机构设置，包括两年制和四年制公立和私立学院和大学。 克莱姆森大学已经开发出合作教学模式，这种模式已被证明能显著改善学生对化学的态度、毅力和学习的成功。 该方法使用一套新的实验室软件SuperChemLab进行项目式实验室练习，参与者可自行应用。 研讨会假设参与者将适应和采用合作学习模式，为自己的实验室，该计划的几个特点，包括动手经验，旨在促进这一进程。 教师手册、教材和背景材料将在研讨会期间以小组形式提供和讨论。

This project aims to acquaint faculty, general chemistry coordinators, and lab directors with the theory and practice of cooperative learning in the general chemistry laboratory. Participants are invited from all institutional settings including two-year and four-year public and private colleges and universities. Cooperative modes of instruction that have proven to produce remarkable improvements in student attitudes toward chemistry, persistence, and success in learning have been developed at Clemson University. The method uses a new set of laboratory software, SuperChemLab, for the project-style laboratory exercises, which will be available to participants for their own applications. The workshop assumes that participants will adapt and adopt the cooperative learning mode for their own laboratories, and several features of the program including hands-on experience are aimed at facilitating this process. Instructor's manuals, texts, and background materials will be provided and considered in small groups during the workshop.