A Wheatstone bridge inquiry lab accomplished many of its learning goals and students seemed to enjoy it¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? The authors report that the circuit design inquiry went well, accomplished many of the learning goals, and that students seemed to enjoy it. → Morzinski 2010

Evidence¶

Morzinski 2010¶

Morzinski, K., Azucena, O., Downs, C., Favaloro, T., Park, J., & U, V. (2010). Circuit Design: An inquiry lab activity at Maui Community College. ASP Conference Series. https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.3296 doi:10.48550/arxiv.1009.3296

q1 · i? · design · r2

Authors' overall evaluation in the Conclusions of a single implementation of the inquiry with twelve first-year students in an Electronics 101 course in October 2009; this is an interpretive judgment, not a measured outcome. The article states "the inquiry went well and accomplished many of the learning goals."

"Overall, the inquiry went well and accomplished many of the learning goals, and the students seemed to enjoy it."

Discussion¶

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