Characteristics and educational advantages of laboratory automation in high school chemistry

Author

Verner, Igor M. ; Revzin, Leonid B. ; Barnea, Nitza

Author_Institution

Dept. of Educ. in Technol. & Sci., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel

fYear

2011

fDate

4-6 April 2011

Firstpage

8

Lastpage

13

Abstract

This paper presents a study of automation in the high school chemical Inquiry based laboratory. Simple computer-controlled devices for automation of basic manual operations were constructed and integrated with the data collection and management systems of the Fourier-Systems Inc. in students´ lab sessions. We examined characteristics of learning in the new automated laboratory environment, evaluated educational outcomes and students´ attitudes.

Keywords

automation; chemistry; education; laboratory techniques; Fourier-Systems Inc; automated laboratory environment; computer-controlled devices; data collection; high school chemistry; laboratory automation; management systems; Automation; Chemistry; Computers; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Laboratories; Sensors; attitudes survey; chemical education; constructivist learning environment; inquiry based learning; laboratory automation; learning by doing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Amman

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-642-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773303

Filename

5773303