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Tiêu đề

Incorporating student-designed research projects in the chemistry curriculum

Tác giả

Iimoto D.S.; Frederick K.A.

Năm xuất bản

2011

Source title

Journal of Chemical Education

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.1021/ed1011103

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79960209517&doi=10.1021%2fed1011103&partnerID=40&md5=99f03516a3e0bb3e9c6f2eed59ea5e09

Tóm tắt

Although many chemistry students at small liberal arts colleges participate in undergraduate research projects with faculty members, they do not get much experience framing their own research questions and designing their own projects, which is an important part of science. We have implemented a developmental process to help students design and execute their own research projects in a two-course sequence: seminar in the fall and an integrated laboratory in the January term as a capstone experience in the chemistry curriculum. In seminar, students read scientific literature to generate an unanswered question that becomes the basis for a project proposal. Students then compare and contrast various methods to answer the question and propose a project. In the integrated laboratory, students execute the project where they troubleshoot experiments, collect and interpret data, and draw conclusions. Assessment of final papers and student course evaluations indicated that the students met the above goals. Overall, this educational experience can be implemented at other small liberal arts colleges and elements of this project could be adapted at a larger college or university. Copyright © 2011 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.

Từ khóa

Curriculum; Hands-on learning/manipulatives; HPLC; Interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary; Laboratory instruction; Problem solving/decision making; Undergraduate research; Upper-division undergraduate

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