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Misconceptions in the Chemistry Laboratory

10 th Harris Teaching Workshop May 24 th , 2012. Erika Smith Norman Gee Amira Elyazbe Frances Sutherland. Ross Witherell Wayne Lippa Lydia Chen Lucio Gelmini. Misconceptions in the Chemistry Laboratory. TAKING MEASUREMENTS. Digital measurement - no error!

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Misconceptions in the Chemistry Laboratory

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  1. 10th Harris Teaching Workshop May 24th, 2012 Erika Smith Norman Gee Amira Elyazbe Frances Sutherland Ross Witherell Wayne Lippa Lydia Chen Lucio Gelmini Misconceptions in the Chemistry Laboratory

  2. TAKING MEASUREMENTS • Digital measurement - no error! • Glassware – markings 100% exact

  3. THAT WHAT IT SAID • Always need exact amounts • Got to start at zero

  4. LABS IN GENERAL • Nothing works even though I followed the procedures. • Because the instrument says “this”, results has to be “right”. (Not sure why there is a difference between my result and theory) • Science labs have no error-should be able to get right answer

  5. CORRELATION OF LAB & LECTURE • Can’t do lab unless material “covered” in lecture • Labs are completely • “separate” from lecture. • Don’t need previous • knowledge to do lab.

  6. INSTRUCTORS & STUDENTS • Students are expecting the instructor to do all the background information. • Each lab is separate from • the next so I don’t have to • remember what I did before. • Instructor is there to help! • You ‘don’t’ have to be prepared • to do the lab • Ok to copy (we should get same result)

  7. Does this look “blue” to you? • Students often lack the confidence to make their own observation! TA will tell me. • Diverse background. • -wrongly assume same • background of students Did hands on experiments All demos

  8. LAB EMPHASIS • Not many marks associated with labs • -not very important • Some schools require • a pass for both lecture and lab portion?

  9. REAL WORLD • No application to what happens in real world • There is always a right answer • Wrong answers don’t tell us • anything • Answer does not always need to make sense – it’s an experiment

  10. WHAT’S IN A NUMBER? • Infinite sig figs (my calculator made me do it) • If I did it again, I’d get the exact same result

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