Direct Measurement of the Impact of Teaching Experimentation in Physics Labs

While there have been many calls to improve the quality of instructional physics labs, there exists little research on the effectiveness of lab instruction. This study provides a direct comparison between labs that have goals to reinforce physics content to those that emphasize experimentation skill...

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Main Authors: Emily M. Smith, Martin M. Stein, Cole Walsh, N. G. Holmes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-02-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.10.011029