Laboratory and Science Teaching

  • William F. McComas
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Abstract

Hegarty-Hazel (1990, p. 4) defines the laboratory as any environment “where students engage in planned learning experiences, and interact with materials to observe and understand phenomena.” Anderson (1976, p. 7) adds that the school science laboratory is a place “where students can investigate natural phenomena in an immediate or first-hand experience and apply various cognitive skills toward an interpretation of these phenomena.”

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Authors and Affiliations

  • William F. McComas
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  1. 1.Parks Family Professor of Science EducationUniversity of ArkansasFayettevilleUSA

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