There are two interesting aspects to the report
"Effect of a Laboratory Manual Design Incorporating Visual
Information - Processing Aids on Student Learning and Attitudes" by Precharn
Dechsri, Loretta Jones, and Henry Heikkinen, published in the
Journal of Research in Science Teaching1997,34, 891904. The authors describe a laboratory manual with
changes that lead to significantly higher student
scores on measures of laboratory-related achievement and psychomotor skills in addition
to more favorable attitudes toward laboratory activities.
They also provide a useful checklist and rubric for scoring
laboratory skills.
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Citation
Robinson, William R. J. Chem. Educ.1998 75 282.
Keywords
Chemical Education Research, Teaching/Learning Aids, Multimedia
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