Teaching the Large Course: Is Practical Work Practicable?.

Johnstone, Alex H.; Letton, Kirsty M.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Teaching the Large Course: Is Practical Work Practicable?

Johnstone, Alex H.; Letton, Kirsty M.

Journal of College Science Teaching, v18 n3 p190-92 Dec-Jan 1988-89

Examines the psychology of learning and its application to work in the laboratory. States that the working memory capacity of students is limited; therefore the amount of information they can process needs to be controlled and "recipe following" in the laboratory is perfectly reasonable. (RT)

Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Laboratory Procedures, Memory, Research Opportunities, Science Experiments, Science Laboratories, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)

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