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William R. Robinson

Purdue University, Department of Chemistry, 1393 Brown Building, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1393

J. Chem. Educ., 1998, 75 (3), p 282

DOI: 10.1021/ed075p282

Publication Date (Web): March 1, 1998

Abstract

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 Teaching 1997, 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.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Chemical Education Research

Keywords (Feature):

Reports from Other Journals

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Multimedia-Based Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Learning Theories

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