Physics lab courses are vital to science education, providing hands-on experience and technical skills that lectures can't offer. Yet, it's challenging for those in Physics Education Research (PER) to ...

Committee Members: Kathryn Arehart, Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences (SLHS); Pamela Harvey, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology (MCDB); Heather Lewandowski ...

Science is a process of discovery. In the laboratory, students conduct experiments, solve problems, and use the scientific method. Collectively, a laboratory experience should be experiential with ...

For more than 15 years, our section at the University of Copenhagen has offered category B training for persons carrying out experiments with animals. These courses have a traditional structure, ...

A massive study of over 3000 students in three institutions investigated whether or not introductory lab exercises had any real benefit for students. Laboratory exercises and science education go hand ...

Chemistry lab courses require significant investments and resources. As a consequence, some students, instructors and administrators question the labs’ value, particularly for students not majoring in ...

With the new emphasis on hands-on, active learning throughout higher education, lab courses would seem to have an advantage - what could be more active than doing experiments? But surprising new ...

The decision to teach laboratory courses in-person will require consideration of recommendations made by the College of Arts and Sciences and of the needs of students in your course. Individual ...

Below you will find safety information for students in undergraduate chemistry laboratory courses. All students taking laboratory courses in the Chemistry Department must: Read this information. Read ...

With the new emphasis on hands-on, active learning throughout higher education, lab courses would seem to have an advantage -- what could be more active than doing experiments? But surprising new ...