Improving the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Curricula by Incorporation of FTIR Spectroscopy

化学（12）化学系正在通过引入问题解决实验室（PSL），增加微型实验技术和引进现代仪器来重组有机化学实验室。一个新的傅里叶变换红外（FTIR）光谱仪的使用正在纳入新的实验室程序的设计，为两个学期的有机化学。PSL方法和个别实验正在改编自其他机构使用的方法和化学文献中的报告。新的PSL格式，通过使用FTIR光谱仪的促进，通过提供协作学习环境，让学生有时间设计实验和表达想法，并为学生提供现代仪器和技术的经验，提高了我们实验室教学的质量。这种实验室设计为学生提供了更真实的化学体验，挑战和发展他们的批判性思维能力，并更好地准备他们做出与科学有关的明智决定。预计这种实验室改造和风格将吸引更多的学生，特别是妇女和代表性不足的少数群体，学习科学。项目成果将在地方化学教育会议、标准教学期刊、美国化学学会区域和国家会议和/或两年一度的化学教育会议上传播。

Chemistry (12) The Department of Chemistry is in the process of restructuring the organic chemistry laboratories through introduction of Problem-Solving Laboratories (PSL), the addition of microscale experimental techniques, and the introduction of modern instrumentation. Use of a new Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer is being incorporated into the design of new laboratory procedures for two terms of organic chemistry. The PSL approach and individual experiments are being adapted from those used at other institutions and reported in the chemical literature. The new PSL format, facilitated by use of the FTIR spectrometer, is increasing the quality of our laboratory instruction by providing a collaborative learning environment, allowing students time to design experiments and express ideas, and giving students experience with modern instrumentation and techniques. This laboratory design provides students with a more realistic experience of chemistry, challenging and developing their critical thinking skills, and better preparing them to make informed decisions relating to science. It is anticipated that this laboratory modification and style will attract more students,particularly women and under-represented minority groups, to the study of science. Project results will be disseminated at local chemical education meetings, in standard pedagogical journals, and at regional and national meetings of the American Chemical Society and/or the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education.