I don’t know how transferable the skills are to more general experimentation outside of the laboratory context.
My (limited) experience with lab work for classes is that it is usually play-acting. The procedure is extremely simple and prefabricated, denying access to perhaps the most important part, experiential design. Furthermore, the “answer” is known in advance, students typically fudge the data to get what they know they were supposed to get.
Do you have access to a college-level Physics and/or Chemistry courses, with lab components?
Yes. But,
I don’t know how transferable the skills are to more general experimentation outside of the laboratory context.
My (limited) experience with lab work for classes is that it is usually play-acting. The procedure is extremely simple and prefabricated, denying access to perhaps the most important part, experiential design. Furthermore, the “answer” is known in advance, students typically fudge the data to get what they know they were supposed to get.
Are these legitimate concerns?