Writing and Evaluating the Laboratory Report

Authors

David N. West, Ellsworth CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

All too often the time-consuming duties of classroom instruction cause laboratory evaluation to take on a minor role. Publishers also have added to this dilemma by burgeoning the market with fill-in-the-blank type laboratory manuals. This paper shows how proper orientation of the student in his laboratory reporting encourages communication skills that include the ability to interpret, analyze, and transmit facts and ideas graphically and in writing. A cognitive approach to the evaluation of these communicative skills may not eliminate paper grading but it will do much toward making it briefer and more productive.

Publication Date

December 1968

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers' Journal

Volume

6

Issue

2

First Page

26

Last Page

30

Copyright

© Copyright 1968 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

West, David N. (1968) "Writing and Evaluating the Laboratory Report," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 6: No. 2, Article 11.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol6/iss2/11