Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Russell, University of Hertfordshire

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

compares with only 69/297(~23%) that did not. The rest, 53/297 (~18%) indicated a neutral response.ConclusionLaboratory studies should be considered an integral component of any engineering curricula.They offer significant value in that they allow the students to gain both first hand and situatedknowledge of the subject domain. Two issues however are found to exist – both of which canbe countered by judicious use of technology.First the additional resource demands of laboratory studies and the attendant assessmentdemand can be offset using technology to help set, collect, mark and provide feedback.Second, the desire for students to disregard advice on how to write laboratory reports can becountered by using the learners as assessors. Peer