Incorporating Circular Dichroism in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum

化学（12）Doane学院的化学系正在修改实验室经验，以纳入圆二色性（CD）光谱的使用，以提高学生对手性的理解。这个项目是检验是否与CD光谱学的实践经验，帮助学生发展手性作为分子结构的一个特征更好的理解。 项目评估活动包括检查学生的空间能力与CD实验成功之间的关系。 有机化学和生物化学专业的学生正在根据手性的最新文献进行新的实验，并相互参与研究合作。 利用在他们的课程学习的实验室技术，学生还从事教师指导的研究项目，具有高度的教育，科学和社会影响的相关性。学生在多恩学院一般都来自高度农村背景，在实验室研究的经验有限，很少接触科学事业。 推广示范和参与活动涉及来自当地的选定高中生，许多来自西班牙裔移民家庭，以及没有其他CD光谱仪器的地区大学教师和学生。 成果将通过区域和国家专业会议以及《化学教育杂志》等出版物进行分享。

Chemistry (12)Chemistry faculty at Doane College, are revising laboratory experiences to incorporate the use of circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy to improve student understanding of chirality. This project is examining whether hands-on experience with CD spectroscopy helps students develop a better understanding of chirality as a feature of molecular structure. The project evaluation activities include an examination of the relationship between students' spatial ability and their success with CD experiments. Students in organic chemistry and biochemistry are engaging in new experiments based on recent literature in chirality and participating with each other in research collaborations. Using the laboratory techniques learned in their coursework, students also are engaged in faculty-mentored research projects that have high relevance for educational, scientific and social impact.Students at Doane College are generally from highly rural backgrounds with limited experience in laboratory research and little exposure to science careers. Outreach demonstrations and participation events are involving selected high school students from the local area, many from Hispanic immigrant families, and regional college faculty and students without other access to CD spectroscopy instrumentation. Results will be shared through regional and national professional meetings and publications such as the Journal of Chemical Education.