Conference Session

Adaptation of Laboratory-based Courses During a Pandemic: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Ardeshir Raihanian Mashhadi, University at Buffalo; Tracy L. Mallette, University of New Mexico; Andrew P. Shreve, University of New Mexico

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

in theirreflection “I found it fascinating that you can simulate the error in a way that leads to results likein the lab.” This led to increased agency over the analysis and conclusions of the experiment,unencumbered by the errors viewed as out of their control in in-person experimentation.When doing the analysis, students focused on the outcomes and grappled more deeply with theprocess. A member of the instructional team commented “I had more students come to ask forhelp because their answer didn’t make sense than I expected.” Rather than simply go through themotions and submit an irrational answer—something that did occur in the face-to-face variantwhere several students reported a heat of combustion suggesting the combustion