A New Approach to the General Chemistry Laboratory
| Autor: | Thomas W. Kermis, Joseph F. Bieron, Paul J. McCarthy |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Chemical Education. 73:1021 |
| ISSN: | 1938-1328 0021-9584 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/ed073p1021 |
| Popis: | BackgroundCanisius College is a medium-sized liberal arts college with a longstanding tradition of maintaining an excellent chemistry program. We realized a few years ago, however, that this tradition was not being sustained by our General Chemistry laboratory course, which had not changed significantly in years. With the help of a grant from the National Science Foundation, our department has been able to design a new laboratory course built around several guiding principles. The design called for experiments to be grouped in units or clusters. Each cluster has a unifying theme or common thread, which gives some coherence to the experiments. The clusters and experiments are listed in the appendix and briefly explained below.Course DesignCluster A's topic is organic and polymer chemistry, and its main objective is to show that chemistry can be enjoyable and relevant to common experiences. Data collection is minimal and hands-on manipulation with observable products is emphasized. Cluster B is a case study... |
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