The Interest of the Diversity of Perspectives and Methodologies in Evaluating the Science Laboratory Learning Environment

Pedro Membiela; Manuel Vidal

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Pedro Membiela ¹ ^* , Manuel Vidal ¹

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Abstract

Background:
The importance of researching the opinions of students and teachers has been pointed out concerning the improvement of teaching and learning in laboratory environments. In this regard, a study of the laboratory environment was carried out from a diversity of perspectives and methodologies.

Material and methods:
By means of a questionnaire it was learned that the perception of the actual laboratory environment was clearly positive, with clear similarities but also some differences among participants.

Results:
While the retrospective narrative has helped explain some of these differences, such as a less positive assessment by the teacher of the material environment as regards the large number of students for the limited laboratory space, the students’ assessment is highly homogeneous and does not appear to be influenced by these conditions.

Conclusions:
The use of a fast and simple quantitative tool has provided the participants’ general outlook, complemented by the qualitative depth of the retrospective account provided by the teacher.

Keywords

participant perspectives
mixed methods
learning environment assessment
science laboratory

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2017, Volume 13, Issue 6, 2069-2083

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Membiela, P., & Vidal, M. (2017). The Interest of the Diversity of Perspectives and Methodologies in Evaluating the Science Laboratory Learning Environment. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(6), 2069-2083. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01214a

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Membiela P, Vidal M. The Interest of the Diversity of Perspectives and Methodologies in Evaluating the Science Laboratory Learning Environment. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(6):2069-83. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01214a

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Membiela P, Vidal M. The Interest of the Diversity of Perspectives and Methodologies in Evaluating the Science Laboratory Learning Environment. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2017;13(6), 2069-2083. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01214a

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Membiela, Pedro, and Manuel Vidal. "The Interest of the Diversity of Perspectives and Methodologies in Evaluating the Science Laboratory Learning Environment". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2017 13 no. 6 (2017): 2069-2083. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01214a

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Membiela, P., and Vidal, M. (2017). The Interest of the Diversity of Perspectives and Methodologies in Evaluating the Science Laboratory Learning Environment. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(6), pp. 2069-2083. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01214a

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Membiela, Pedro et al. "The Interest of the Diversity of Perspectives and Methodologies in Evaluating the Science Laboratory Learning Environment". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 13, no. 6, 2017, pp. 2069-2083. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01214a