So I couldn't sleep as I thought about my classes and how they interact in my classroom. I think I do a good job because I do a lot of lab work in my classes... but they are always so unsure of themselves during labs... they ask many questions like "what should this look like?" and "are we doing this right?"
As I reflect I'm thinking maybe to make it more challenging and really hit home on the scientific inquiry standards I need to do more labs that are self designed by the students. What I mean is... Here is the research question - you can use any lab equipment I have available - design an experiment to investigate the question. The students will be much more likely to "ingest" the ideas of control groups, quantitative data, etc... They create tables and data charts rather than filling them in...
I do it in the beginning of the semester but maybe it should be implemented throughout the course.
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