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In the Classroom
View from My Classroom
On Laboratory Work
Dave Olney
P.O. Box 559, Mattapoisett, MA 02739

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November 1997
Vol. 74 No. 11
p. 1343

Abstract
This paper offers some suggestions on making lab work for high school chemistry students more productive, with students taking an active role. They include (1) rewriting labs from manuals to better suit one's purpose, (2) the questionable use of canned data tables, (3) designing microscale labs that utilize its unique features, such as safety and ease of repetition, (4) having students actually carry out experimental design on occasion, using a model from PRACTICE IN THINKING, and (5) using comuters/calculators in the lab in meaningful ways. Many examples feature discovery-type labs the author has developed over the years.
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*  Citation
Olney, Dave. J. Chem. Educ. 1997 74 1343.
*  Keywords
Introductory/High School Chemistry, Laboratory Instruction, Gases, Laboratory Computing, Microscale, and Teaching/Learning Aids
*  History
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