Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester New York COLLEGE of Science Department of Chemistry NEW or REVISED COURSE 1013 231 1 0 Title Laboratory Teaching Experience Date 25 July 2006 Credit Hours 1 2 Prerequisite s Must have completed the course and lab Corequisite s None Course proposed by Kay Turner 2 0 Course information Contact hours Classroom Lab Studio Other specify Quarter s offered check X Fall Maximum students section N A 3 6 X Winter X Spring X Summer Students required to take this course by program and year as appropriate None Students who might elect to take the course Any student interested in gaining teaching experience who has completed the course and laboratory or equivalent experience under consideration with a grade of A or B permission of instructor laboratory coordinator and department head 3 0 Goals of the course including rationale for the course when appropriate 4 0 Course description as it will appear in the RIT Catalog including pre and corequisites quarters offered 1013 480 Laboratory Teaching Experience This course is designed to offer students teaching experience in an undergraduate laboratory setting Evaluation by a faculty supervisor is based on teaching performance and preparation of materials required for the lab Prerequisite completion of the course and lab under consiferation Lab 3 6 Credit 1 2 F W S Su 5 0 Possible resources texts references computer packages etc 5 1 Williamson K L Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments Houghton Mifflin Company Boston MA text used 6 0 Topics outline Varies depending on the lab chosen 7 0 Intended learning outcomes and associated assessment methods of those outcomes 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 Learning outcome Gain experience fielding questions from students in the lab Troubleshoot problems that arise during the lab period Put students in the lab back on track when led astray during an experiment Gain experience in the safety practices in the lab from a TA perspective Clean up the lab at the end of the lab period 7 6 Direct students in proper waste disposal 8 0 Observation by instructor x x x x x x Program or general education goals supported by this course 8 1 To develop skill fielding questions from students in the lab 8 2 To develop skill troubleshooting technical lab problems that arise 8 3 To develop the capacity for critical thinking and problem solving with respect to chemical reactions 9 0 Other relevant information such as special classroom studio or lab needs special scheduling media requirements etc None 10 0 Supplemental information None