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Mistry, Nimesh; Gorman, Stephen G. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2020
To be able to design a laboratory course it is important to know what laboratory skills students possess before the course starts. This way the course can focus on developing skills in areas that are lacking. Despite the extensive literature on laboratory education, there are few studies on what laboratory skills students have at this stage of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Skill Development, Knowledge Level
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Wong, David; Pugh, Kevin – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2001
Discusses Dewey's vision of the scientific mind and analyzes the stereotype of scientific thinking. Explains Dewey's notion of experience and clarifies the difference between ordinary experience and a Deweyan experience. (Contains 27 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Epistemology, Experience, Learning, Motivation