Computer Instrumentation and Visualization in an Interactive Studio Environment: Eliminating the Boundary Between Lecture and Laboratory in Undergraduate Chemical Education

本项目旨在通过建立一个消除课堂与实验室之间界限的教学环境，解决本科学生化学科学教育方式中已知的重大缺陷。在我们初步工作的基础上，我们正在修改由伦斯勒理工学院和加州州立理工大学首创的工作室-实验室概念，以及来自NSF-CCLI奖（9951346;9950501;9952732;9972293）的元素，用于我们的分析和荣誉化学课程。这提供了一个教学和学习环境，解决了我们的学生在理论和实践之间建立更高层次联系的困难，并提高了他们在定量实验中展示的实验室技术。这一努力的核心是从对“固定”实验的监督和评估转变为对现实世界问题和实验室技术的探究式研究。一些新颖的技术特征正在被纳入我们的工作室-实验室的版本，它被分为几个站。每个工作站最多可容纳4名学生，支持两台计算机和数据接口（游标实验室Pro）以及一个二极管阵列紫外-可见光谱仪。每组四站（一组）共用一台FT-IR分光光度计。讲师作为“专家导师”和“向导”，提供一个以探究为基础的学习环境，丰富的现实世界的内容和实验室技术。网络ct作为通往正在发展中的教育媒体的门户，增强了教师的能力。点播视频、概念动画和自定进度学习作业是专门设计的，以帮助我们的学生在理论和实践之间建立更高层次的联系，特别是那些更多的视觉学习者和那些需要额外强化或支持的学生。讲习班正在为密歇根州上半岛所有大学和学院的教职员工提供，以便向大学社区介绍工作室-实验室的概念。另外还将为高中教师举办讲习班。

Chemistry (12)The project is addressing known and significant deficiencies in the way undergraduate students are educated in the chemical sciences by implementing a teaching and learning environment in which the boundaries between lecture and laboratory are eliminated. Building on our preliminary work, we are modifying the Studio-Laboratory concept pioneered by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and California Polytechnic State University, and elements from NSF-CCLI awards (9951346; 9950501; 9952732; 9972293) for our analytical and honors-level chemistry courses. This provides a teaching and learning environment which addresses our students' difficulty in making higher-level connections between theory and practice, and improves the laboratory technique they exhibit in quantitative experimentation. Central to this endeavor is the change from supervision and assessment of "canned" experiments to an inquiry-based study of real-world problems and laboratory techniques. A number of novel technological features are being incorporated into our version of the Studio-Laboratory which is divided into stations. Each station, serving up to four students, supports two computers and data interfaces (Vernier Lab Pro) and a diode-array UV-VIS spectrometer. Each group of four stations (a cluster) shares an FT-IR spectrophotometer. The instructor serves as an "expert-mentor" and "guide" to provide an inquiry-based learning environment rich in real world content and laboratory techniques. WebCT augments the instructor by serving as the gateway to the educational media under development. On-demand video, conceptual animations, and self-paced learning assignments are being designed specifically to help our students build higher-level connections between theory and practice, particularly those who are more visual learners and those requiring additional reinforcement or support. Workshops are being offered to faculty and staff from all universities and colleges in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in order to introduce the university community to the Studio-Laboratory concept. Additional workshops will be held for high school teachers.