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Charen, George – Sci Educ, 1970
Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study to compare the effectiveness of the open-ended chemistry laboratory with the traditional laboratory. Different classes of high school students in a college-preparatory chemistry course were exposed to the two laboratory techniques. The achievement tests and the Watson-Glaser Critical…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Chemistry, Critical Thinking, Evaluation
Norton, Sylvia; And Others – 1985
To demonstrate that properly designed laboratory instruction does provide affective and higher order learning benefits, an experiment was carried out in two replications. The subjects were 80 students enrolled in General Microbiology at Wallace Community College, Alabama. Students were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
