The Postsecondary Inorganic Chemistry Instructional Laboratory Curriculum: Results from a National Survey

被引：15

作者：

Raker, Jeffrey R. ^{[1
]}

Pratt, Justin M. ^{[8
]}

Connor, Megan C. ^{[1
]}

Smith, Sheila R. ^{[2
]}

Stewart, Joanne L. ^{[3
]}

Reisner, Barbara A. ^{[4
]}

Bentley, Anne K. ^{[5
]}

Lin, Shirley ^{[6
]}

Nataro, Chip ^{[7
]}

机构：

[1] Univ S Florida, Dept Chem, Tampa, FL 33620 USA

[2] Univ Michigan, Dept Nat Sci, Dearborn, MI 48128 USA

[3] Hope Coll, Dept Chem, Holland, MI 49423 USA

[4] James Madison Univ, Dept Chem & Biochem, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA

[5] Lewis & Clark Coll, Dept Chem, Portland, OR 97219 USA

[6] US Naval Acad, Dept Chem, Annapolis, MD 21402 USA

[7] Lafayette Coll, Dept Chem, Easton, PA 18042 USA

[8] Maine Maritime Acad, Corning Sch Ocean Studies, Castine, ME 04420 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION | 2022年 / 99卷 / 05期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Second-Year Undergraduate; Upper-Division Undergraduate; Inorganic Chemistry; Curriculum; Laboratory Instruction; STUDENTS GOALS; COURSEWORK;

D O I：

10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00092

中图分类号：

O6 [化学];

学科分类号：

0703 ;

摘要：

A national survey of chemists (n= 174) explored the self-reported format and focus of postsecondary inorganic chemistryinstructional laboratory curricula. Multiple instructional laboratorycourse formats were observed, including stand-alone inorganicchemistry instructional laboratory courses, inorganic chemistrylaboratory instruction as a component of a multidisciplinaryinstructional laboratory course, and the absence of an inorganicchemistry instructional laboratory experience. Additionally, thetypes of synthetic, characterization, and purification methods, aswell as the professional skills addressed in the surveyed courses,varied greatly. The results of this work have direct implications as a"current state of the curriculum"description for inorganic chemistryeducators designing and revising instructional laboratory courses.Additionally, these results speak to (1) the need for professional organizations to reinforce the importance of postsecondaryinorganic chemistry in the chemistry major curriculum, (2) the demand for quality curricular materials that are easily adaptable tomultiple instructional laboratory contexts, and (3) the call for further research on how the inorganic chemistry (and broader chemistry) instructional curriculum is enacted

引用

页码：1971 / 1981

页数：11

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