Critical thinking in the lab (and beyond)

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Improving existing practicals

Certain kinds of pre-and post-lab questions can fail to promote students’ scientific development. David Read suggests how you can alter your existing practical activities to promote essential scientific skills without creating new activities, based on recent research findings on pre- and post-lab questioning.

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