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Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Teaching with Technology
InterChemNet: Integrating Instrumentation, Management, and Assessment in the General Chemistry Laboratory Course
Barbara Stewart, Robert Kirk, David LaBrecque, François G. Amar, and Mitchell R. M. Bruce
Department of Chemistry, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5706
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March 2006
Vol. 83 No. 3
p. 494
Abstract
InterChemNet (ICN) is a Web-based management program designed to foster active learning in the laboratory. The system allows students choices of discovery-based experiments, a host of background information, and quick and easy access to UV–visible and FTIR spectrometers. The system creates individualized pathways for students by allowing instructors to present a hierarchy of lab choices and assignments in a given week. An evaluation module is integrated into the system to provide immediate feedback for students and evaluation data for instructors. Because assessment is integrated with curriculum delivery, ICN facilitates the introduction of chemical education research into existing courses based on local curricular goals. By making it easy for instructors to analyze learning outcomes for the course, ICN can be used to promote a systematic and evidence-based curriculum development cycle.
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*  Citation
 Stewart, Barbara; Kirk, Robert; LaBrecque, David; Amar, François G.; Bruce, Mitchell R. M. J. Chem. Educ. 2006 83 494.
*  Keywords
 Chemical Education Research; Curriculum; Internet / Web-Based Learning; Laboratory Instruction; Student-Centered Learning; Testing / Assessment; UV-Vis Spectroscopy
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Last Updated:		 1/31/2006
2/6/2006
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