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In the Classroom
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Introducing Third-Year Chemistry Students to the Planning and Design of an Experimental Program
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Jeffrey G. Dunn, David Norman Phillips, and Wilhelm van Bronswijk
School of Applied Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, School of Applied Chemistry, PO Box U 1987, Perth, Western Australia 6001, AUSTRALIA
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October 1997
Vol. 74 No. 10
p. 1186
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The design and planning of an experimental program is often an important aspect of the job description of recent graduate employees in chemical industry and time should therefore be devoted to this activity in an undergraduate course. This paper describes a pencil and paper activity which involves the design and planning of an experimental programme which may lead to the solution of the problem. These skills are an essential pre-requisite to any experimental activity. We provide the students with a list of problems similar to those that a new graduate could encounter on commencing employment in chemical industry. They are real problems, which the Inorganic Chemistry staff of the School have been previously asked to solve for local industry. A staff member acts as the "client", and the students is the "consultant". The aim is that by a series of interviews between the client and the consultant, the students can refine a vague problem statement into a quantitative statement, and then from this develop a proposal to investigate the problem in order to confirm the cause. This proposal is submitted to the client for assessment. The students are expected to arrange one meeting with the supervisor in each week. This activity is highly commended by the School of Applied Chemistry's Advisory Board, which is primarily comprised of industrial chemists.
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Dunn, Jeffrey G.; Phillips, David Norman; van Bronswijk, Wilhelm. J. Chem. Educ. 1997 74 1186.
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Problem-based Learning and Undergraduate Research
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