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Improving the School-to-University Transition: Using a Problem-Based Approach to Teach Practical Skills whilst Simultaneously Developing Students' Independent Study Skills

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Smith, Catherine J. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012

Despite being criticised for placing little emphasis on thinking, the majority of laboratory work at school level is taught "via" expository "recipe-style" labs. This has been seen to result in students struggling to be able to apply the practical techniques they have learnt in the classroom outside the narrow environment in which they were…

Descriptors: Study Skills, Chemistry, Independent Study, Skill Development