Design and Student Use of World Wide Web-Based Prelab Exercises

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The Chemical Educator

ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)

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Abstract Volume 1 Issue 1 (1996), S1430-4171(96)01010-2

Design and Student Use of World Wide Web-Based Prelab Exercises

Brian M. Tissue*, Ronald Earp, and Ching-Wan Yip

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0212, USA

Published online: 25 March 1996

Abstract. This paper describes the design, use, and evaluation of World Wide Web-based prelab exercises in senior-level Instrumental Analysis. On-time completion of the prelab assignments was 75%, but use of other online resources such as a question-and-answer page was minimal. A midsemester assessment of the prelabs found that the multiple-choice questions were better for increasing conceptual understanding, rather than preparing the students for the actual lab work.

Key Words: Computers in Chemistry; hypermedia; internet-based instruction; instrumental analysis; internet; WWW; computer; prelab; laboratory

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: tissue@vt.edu)

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