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In the Laboratory
"Prompted" Inquiry-Based Learning in the Introductory Chemistry Laboratory
William J. Green and Curtis Elliott
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL 33458

R. Hays Cummins
School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056

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February 2004
Vol. 81 No. 2
p. 239
Abstract
A general chemistry laboratory that features a combination of traditionally scripted experiments and an inquiry-based, group project is described. As part of their laboratory experience, students were presented with a list of topics and were encouraged to explore these as written or to alter them to fit their own interests. These "prompts" were effective in allowing students to begin their work in a timely manner and, in most cases, to see a project to completion within a single semester. Often, especially in cases where local environments were investigated, neither the instructor nor the students knew what the outcome of the individual projects would be. This added a sense of excitement and anticipation to the learning process. We found that combining scripted laboratories with an inquiry-based project provided an optimal introduction to both careful and precise chemical measurement and to the uncertainties and exploratory nature of scientific work.
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*  Citation
 Green, William J.; Elliott, Curtis; Cummins, R. Hays. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 239.
*  Keywords
 Environmental Chemistry; General Chemistry; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Method; Laboratory Instruction; Problem-Based Learning
*  History
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Last Updated:		 January 5, 2004
February 25, 2005
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