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Tiêu đề
Implementation of a Socially Distanced In-Person Laboratory Experience across the Chemistry Curriculum during the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Small, Liberal Arts University
Tác giả
Davis E.J.; Breno K.L.; Ojennus D.D.; Russell T.A.; Stevens K.E.; Wheeler K.
Năm xuất bản
2021
Source title
Journal of Chemical Education
Số trích dẫn
1
DOI
10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00080
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the mass shutdown of universities across the United States in the spring of 2020. As the pandemic progressed, regional regulations resulted in a broad range of teaching modalities for the 2020-2021 academic year. While some regions remained tightly locked down (resulting in online-only instruction), others allowed limited or full campus operations within higher education. Located in Spokane, WA, Whitworth University is a small, liberal arts university which was allowed limited operations under a socially distanced model. While the pandemic resulted in some obvious campus changes (for example, masks were required on campus), more subtle changes were required at the curricular level. Adopting a flex model where students and faculty were allowed the option to participate online only while in-person classes were offered, Whitworth maintained in-person education through the 2020-2021 academic year. This FLEX model presented specific difficulties to laboratory courses due to social distancing restrictions. In this work, we describe five models developed in the Whitworth University Department of Chemistry toward teaching laboratories in a socially distanced manner with reduced room capacity. The primary modes of instruction were (1) a reduction of in-person laboratory time so that only half of the students were working in the laboratory at any given time, (2) an alternating weeks model where students came to the laboratory every other week and performed online laboratory experiences in the off weeks, (3) a split room model where one faculty member oversaw two laboratory spaces containing one-half of the normal number of students, (4) a higher number of smaller lab sections where social distancing could be maintained, and (5) a hybrid technique utilizing several of these concepts dependent upon the learning outcomes of the laboratory procedure each week. Benefits and challenges for each model are described by faculty herein. End-of-semester student course evaluation scores provide a comparison of student perceptions of learning outcomes and experiences in the laboratory in the various models. In addition, grade point averages were compared to prior years. Finally, departmental leadership provides insight on the administrative challenges of implementing these course models. Statistically, the models presented no significant change in student perceptions of learning or grade point averages for most courses regardless of the model when compared to prior offerings of these courses. Overall, the implementation of these protocols allowed students hands-on laboratory experiences with a minimal impact on the curriculum presented. © 2021 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.
Từ khóa
Curriculum; Distance Learning/Self Instruction; First-Year Undergraduate/General; Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives; Internet/Web-Based Learning; Laboratory Instruction; Laboratory Management; Second-Year Undergraduate; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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American Chemical Society
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Scopus