An Approach to Improve Laboratory Notebook Feedback and Decrease Instructor Fatigue from Grading Undergraduate Laboratory Notebooks
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Proper laboratory notebook maintenance is a critical skill for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workers. Laboratory notebook grading can be time-consuming and lead to instructor fatigue.
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Short in-class tasks replace the grading of long take-home essays, and notebook assessments can be streamlined through selective review, shifting faculty effort.
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Peng, J. (2026) · World Journal of Educational Research · doi:10.22158/wjer.v13n2p127
- Authors
- Fleming, E. J.
- Affiliations
- California State University, Chico (US)
- Corresponding author
- Fleming, Emily J.
- ORCID
- Fleming, Emily J.
- Venue
- Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 2023-04-20
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1935-7877 (ISSN-L)
- 1935-7885
- PMC
- PMC10117067
- OpenAlex
- W4320728775
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1
- FWCI
- 0.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Student Assessment and Feedback
- Social Sciences › Education › Science Education and Pedagogy
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovative Teaching Methods
- Keywords
- laboratory notebooks, grading, student feedback, online laboratories, instructor workload, undergraduate laboratory course
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