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Chambers, Shelley L.; Schmittgen, Janet; Allan, Carolyn R. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2000
This paper describes the training of first-year students in technical skills by students in the second year of a laboratory course. The authors conclude that peer teaching is a very useful teaching method for reinforcing technical skills and providing better instructor-student ratios in the laboratory. (Author)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Higher Education, Laboratory Training, Peer Teaching

Kandel, Marjorie – Journal of Chemical Education, 1988
Discusses the problems of grading an organic laboratory course. Proposes that the grade should be based as: products--30 percent of the grade; notebooks--30 percent of the grade; exams and final report--40 percent of the grade. Gives an exception policy for special considerations. (MVL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, College Science, Evaluation