Chemistry Curriculum Modification for Computer-Interfaced Laboratory

化学系正在建立一个计算机连接的化学实验室。该项目的目标是通过(1)简化数据收集和(2)简化从数据中表示关系的方法来加强化学原理的识别。这些修订为开放式实验和实验设计提供了途径，这反过来又培养了批判性思维技能。学院正在购买12台与校园教学计算网络相连的MacIntosh笔记本电脑，以提高软件的可用性，每台电脑都有一个TI Graph链接，使学生能够在家里传输数据进行计算，Labworks计算机接口包允许数据采集，以及一台打印机用于数据、图表和报告的硬拷贝。笔记本电脑允许其他科学实验室，如物理和物理科学，使用这些设备。该项目还将设备带入地区高中，以演示计算机接口实验室。

The chemistry department is creating a computer-interfaced chemistry laboratory. The objective for the project is to strengthen chemical principles recognition by (1) simplifying data collection and (2) simplifying methods for representing relationships from the data. The revisions provide an avenue for open-ended experiments and experimental design which, in turn, foster critical thinking skills. The college is purchasing 12 MacIntosh laptop computers linked to the campus' instructional computing network for greater software availability, a TI Graph link for each computer to allow the students to transfer data for calculations at home, Labworks computer interface package to allow data acquisition, and a printer for hard copies of data, graphs, and reports. The lap-top computers allow other science labs, such as physics and physical science, to have access the equipment. The project also takes the equipment into area high schools to demonstrate a computer-interfaced lab.