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Laboratory Workload Calculation and Its Impact on Science Instruction at the Community College Level
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Direct linkBeth Nichols Boyd – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
Despite the large body of evidence that indicates activity-based instruction is more effective than lecture-only instruction, for the purpose of workload calculation, many community colleges assign less value to the time spent in science lab than in lecture. This discrepancy is inconsistent with goals of science excellence set by the National…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, College Science, Science Instruction, College Faculty
