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ERIC Number: EJ387818
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Reference Count: 0
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Teaching the Large Course: Is Practical Work Practicable?
Johnstone, Alex H.; Letton, Kirsty M.
Journal of College Science Teaching, v18 n3 p190-92 Dec-Jan 1988-89
Examines the psychology of learning and its application to work in the laboratory. States that the working memory capacity of students is limited; therefore the amount of information they can process needs to be controlled and "recipe following" in the laboratory is perfectly reasonable. (RT)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Laboratory Procedures, Memory, Research Opportunities, Science Experiments, Science Laboratories, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Scotland