Developing a new model to provide first- and second-year undergraduates with chemistry research experience: The Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education (CASPiE)

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William L. Fornes, wfornes@purdue.edu1, Gabriela C. Weaver, gweaver@purdue.edu2, Donald J. Wink, dwink@uic.edu3, Fred E Lytle, flytle@purdue.edu2, Susan Shih, shihsu@cod.edu4, Robert J. Morris, 00rjmorris@bsu.edu5, William J. Boone, boonewj@muohio.edu6, Pratibha Varma-Nelson, P-Varmanelson@neiu.edu7, Anne K. Bentley, abentley@purdue.edu2, and Cianán B Russell, cianan@purdue.edu2. (1) Department of Physics, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2) Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084, (3) Department of Chemistry (MC 111), University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, (4) Natural Science Division, College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599, (5) Department of Chemistry, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, (6) Science Education, Miami University of Ohio, 407-D McGuffey Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, (7) Department of Chemistry, Earth Science and Physics, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N St Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625-4699
Is it possible to effect a renewed interest in the physical sciences by including more research experiences in the educational process, especially early on when many students are making or adjusting their choice of majors? The Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education (CASPiE) is a multi-institutional collaborative effort designed to address major barriers to providing research experiences to first- and second-year undergraduate science students. As part of the regular curriculum, we are implementing research projects, a remote-access network of chemical instrumentation, and laboratory-based peer-led team learning (PLTL) model.
 

Bringing Authentic Research into the Undergraduate Laboratory
8:30 AM-12:20 PM, Wednesday, March 28, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N231, Level 2, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007