Enhancing Student Learning by Incorporating NMR Spectroscopy into the General and Organic Chemistry Curriculum

化学（12）该项目为学生提供了越来越深入的，在使用现代NMR，包括基本和2-D NMR技术，因为他们通过新的化学课程进展的实践经验。几个NMR实验改编自最近的化学教育文献。有机实验室课程中的几个扩展实验也使用FT-NMR。普通化学专业的学生在涉及化合物鉴定的几个介绍性实验中使用1H和质子去耦13 C NMR。有机化学专业学生使用1H，13 C，DEPT和2D-NMR技术（COSY和HETCOR）进行有机合成中的结构测定和产物鉴定。该课程的一个突出特点是在实验中广泛引入分子建模，将计算实验与实验结果联系起来。其他组件的目的是：（1）开发一个为期三周的核磁共振讲习班，为当地高中教师和学生，以促进科学的兴趣，（2）涉及一些大一和大二的科学专业与邻近的四年制机构的研究合作。一个全面的评估计划，旨在评估该项目的整体影响，评估其具体的教学目标和目的，并衡量学生的学习适应实验在课程中实施。由于这一项目，完成新课程的学生将为转入四年制院校后的技术就业或高级实验室和研究做好充分准备。

Chemistry (12)This project provides students with an increasingly in-depth, hands-on experience in the use of modern NMR, including basic and 2-D NMR techniques as they progress through the new chemistry curriculum. Several NMR experiments are adapted from recent chemical education literature. Several expanded experiments in the Organic laboratory curriculum also utilize the FT-NMR. General chemistry students use 1H and proton-decoupled 13C NMR in several introductory experiments involving compound identification. Organic chemistry students use 1H, 13C, DEPT and 2D-NMR techniques (COSY and HETCOR) in structure determination and product identification in organic syntheses. A prominent feature of the proposed curriculum is the extensive incorporation of molecular modeling in the experiments to connect computational experiments to experimental results. Additional components are designed to: (1) develop a three-week NMR workshop for local high school teachers and students to promote interest in science, and (2) involve a number of freshman and sophomore science majors in research collaboration with neighboring four-year institutions. A comprehensive evaluation plan is designed to assess the overall impact of the project, evaluate its specific pedagogical goals and objectives, and measure student learning as the adapted experiments are implemented in the curriculum. As a result of this project, students completing the new curriculum will be well prepared for either technical employment or upper-level laboratories and research after transferring to four-year institutions.