A View of the Science Education Research Literature:: Visual Aids in Laboratory Manuals Improve Comprehension

• William R. Robinson ^[1]
  1. [1] Purdue University

     Purdue University

     Township of Wabash, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 75, Nº 3 (March), 1998, págs. 282-283
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • There are two interesting aspects to the report "Effect of a Laboratory Manual Design Incorporating Visual Information - Processing Aids on Student Learning and Attitudes" by Precharn Dechsri, Loretta Jones, and Henry Heikkinen, published in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching 1997, 34, 891­904. The authors describe a laboratory manual with changes that lead to significantly higher student scores on measures of laboratory-related achievement and psychomotor skills in addition to more favorable attitudes toward laboratory activities. They also provide a useful checklist and rubric for scoring laboratory skills.