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The link between the laboratory and learning
Abstract
There is a story, perhaps apocryphal, that when a caller expressed interest in seeing his laboratory, Cavendish ordered his butler to bring it in on a tray. That was two hundred years ago, and science laboratories have grown far beyond that, encompassing whole institutions. Even in schools they are commonly large, well‐equipped rooms, expensive to establish and maintain, served by specialist assistants. Despite the cost, laboratories are so embedded in the practice of science teaching it is difficult to imagine doing without them. Yet their purpose is not universally agreed, and evdence of their effect is equivocal.
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White, R., & Gunstone, R. (2014) · doi:10.4324/9780203761342 · Cited by 894
Self-citationThe laboratory in higher science education: Problems, premises and objectives
Kirschner, P. A., & Meester, M. A. M. (1988) · Higher Education · doi:10.1007/bf00130901 · Cited by 202
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Singer, S., & Smith, K. A. (2013) · Journal of Engineering Education · doi:10.1002/jee.20030 · Cited by 835
Metadata
- Authors
- White, R. T.
- Venue
- International Journal of Science Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1996-10
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 761-774
- ISSN
- 0950-0693 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-5289
- OpenAlex
- W2135057383
- Cited by
- 195
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 23.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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