Enhancement of Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum Through the Incorporation of FTIR

该项目的重点是通过购买FTIR分光光度计来加强实验室在介绍化学、有机化学和分析化学方面的经验。该仪器可以快速获取光谱，并帮助学生将实际经验与理论联系起来。该项目为学生提供FTIR仪器，使他们能够吸收理论和概念，从而改善学习；为学生提供将定性方法应用于数据分析的经验，从而增加批判性思维和解决问题的能力；通过提供使用光谱学的实际实验室经验，更好地为学生进入四年制科学和工程课程或进入技术职业生涯做准备；并通过开发结合FTIR应用的实验室练习，使准备不足的学生接触先进的分析工具和欣赏“现实世界”的化学。在实验室中增加FTIR，与课堂作业相结合，强化了概念，使学生对入门和大学转学化学有了更全面的了解。这种理论与应用相结合的方法，鼓励学生进一步探索和实践。

The focus of this project is the enhancement of the laboratory experience in introductory, organic, and analytical chemistry through the acquisition of an FTIR spectrophotometer. This instrument allows rapid acquisition of spectra and helps students relate practical experiences to theory. The project provides students with FTIR instrumentation which allows them to assimilate theory and concepts, resulting in improved learning; provides students with experience in applying qualitative methods to the analysis of data, resulting in increased critical thinking and problem solving skills; better prepares students for transfer into 4-year science and engineering curricula or for entry into technical careers by providing a practical laboratory experience using spectroscopy; and provides underprepared students exposure to advanced analytical tools and an appreciation for "real world" chemistry by developing laboratory exercises that incorporate FTIR applications. The addition of FTIR to the laboratory, integrated with assignments in the classroom, reinforces concepts and provide students a more comprehensive understanding of entry-level and college-transfer chemistry. The approach in integrating theory and application encourages further exploration and practice on the part of the students.