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Laboratory Orientated Demonstrations

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The paper, which explained the use of tape-slide presentation of subject matter to be followed by small group discussion tutorials, was presented in session 2 and the discussion on the paper is covered there. The demonstration during session 3 consisted of a number of displayed photographs to illustrate the equipment and methods used. Individual discussions with Dr. Buckingham took place during session 3.

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Lewins, J.D. (1985). Laboratory Orientated Demonstrations. In: Lewins, J.D. (eds) Teaching Thermodynamics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2163-7_23

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