We presented our work on students’ understanding of experimentation at the HBCSE ARM 2020.
We also plan to do a special presentation for CUBE students. Lets organize it!
Here is a brief summary of the work.
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It is important to note that students have at least thought of designing of experiments as a crucial aspect in experimentation
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Evenif some parameters were missed out in their drawings, these have been mentioned in their written responses
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The present study has highlighted students’ difficulties with assigning variables, which is very crucial aspect in experimentation
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Without a fair understanding of assigning variables for the experiments, students would be doing experiments in just a technical way
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This disconnect seems apparent in understanding between the parameters that are part of research methodology course with the actual experimentation process that applies these parameters.
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Even though the research methodology is a theory based course, it is difficult to make the connection unless there is a context of working on experimentation.
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Nevertheless, CUBE lab provides an opportunity to do hands-on experimentation in the context of curriculum.
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We need to reflect in ways the students will be prepared to achieve science process skills even when they are working on proto-research in a lab based environment.
We welcome discussion!