Comparison of labatorials and traditional labs: The impacts of instructional scaffolding on the student experience and conceptual understanding

Traditional, template physics labs are often associated with student dissatisfaction and superficial applications, and are known to leave students with fragmented knowledge. An alternative known as labatorials, a conceptually driven approach to labs, has been proposed. In a number of studies, labato...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Franco La Braca, Calvin S. Kalman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-04-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.010131