Improvements in Freshman Chemistry Laboratory Instruction

位于一年级化学实验室学生站的计算机正被用于三种方式：复杂的数据采集和分析，分发与学生所做的每个实验相关的本地制作的教师研究的数字视频剪辑，以及电子分发本地制作的每个实验的说明(文本、图表、照片和数字视频剪辑)。总体目标是让一年级的化学学生相信他们正在像专业化学家那样做化学，而不仅仅是学习许多学生在高中已经看到的材料。研究的数字视频剪辑的引入不仅表明了新生化学实验对“真正的化学”的重要性和相关性，而且还给了该系一个机会，展示在新生化学实验室课程中教授的相同技术是极其重要的化学研究的重要组成部分。

Computers located at student stations within freshman chemistry laboratories are being used in three ways: sophisticated data acquisition and analysis, distribution of locally produced digital video clips of faculty research related to each experiment being done by the students, and electronic distribution of locally produced instructions for each experiment (text, diagrams, photos, and digital video clips). The overall goal is to make freshman chemistry students believe that they are doing chemistry the way professional chemists do and not just learning material that many of the students have already seen in high schools. The introduction of the digital video clips of research not only shows that the freshman chemistry experiments are important and relevant to `genuine chemistry,` but it also gives the department an opportunity to show how the same techniques that are taught in freshman chemistry laboratory courses are an essential part of extremely important chemical research.