Laboratory education is a defining feature of chemistry degree courses, with one of the fundamental aims being acquiring competency in a range of chemistry-specific practical skills, yet there are still limited reports of direct assessment of these skills. Here, we present the development, implementation, and evaluation of a station-based practical chemistry exam for first year undergraduate students. We have designed the exam to explicitly assess a range of practical chemistry skills that we highlighted as being essential for subsequent chemistry laboratory work in our degree program, including many final year independent research projects. Details are provided on the logistics of implementing this exam, which has run for cohorts of 50–120 and is suitable for cohorts of up to 200 students. Introducing the practical exam into our course has received positive feedback from both staff and students and has contributed to increased motivation to learn and retain practical chemistry skills.

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评估学生的实践技能：基于站的实践考试的演变

实验室教育是化学学位课程的定义性特征，其基本目标之一是获得一系列特定于化学的实践技能的能力，然而，直接评估这些技能的报道仍然很少。在这里，我们介绍了针对一年级本科生的基于工作站的实用化学考试的开发，实施和评估。我们设计考试的目的是明确评估一系列实用的化学技能，我们强调这些实用技能对于我们学位课程中的后续化学实验室工作至关重要，包括许多最后的独立研究项目。详细介绍了实施此考试的后勤情况，该考试适用于50至120人的队列，并且适合多达200名学生的队列。