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To evaluate analytical chemistry laboratory curricula for levels of inquiry and to characterize the opportunities they offer students to engage in authentic scientific practices.

February 11, 2025Journal of Chemical EducationOpen Access

Bridging the Science Practices Gap: Analyzing Laboratory Materials for Their Opportunities for Engagement in Science Practices

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To evaluate analytical chemistry laboratory curricula for levels of inquiry and to characterize the opportunities they offer students to engage in authentic scientific practices.
Analyzed instructional materials from analytical chemistry instructors participating in the MICRO project.
Compared course laboratory documents used prior to project participation against materials implemented during the adoption of inquiry-based experiments.
Assessed laboratory sections, including pre-laboratory and post-laboratory materials, for explicit prompts engaging students in scientific practices.
Increasing the inquiry level of laboratory materials did not result in a universal increase in prompted opportunities across all scientific practices.
Engagement in specific science practices was unevenly distributed across curriculum components, appearing predominantly within pre-laboratory and post-laboratory questions rather than during the hands-on experimental procedure.

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Curriculum evaluation demonstrates that inquiry-based chemistry labs fail to prompt all science practices, indicating that adopting inquiry alone is insufficient for comprehensive skill training.

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Wyk et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0d5b781e1a6dfdb4ba7fd3 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00744

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Curriculum evaluation demonstrates that inquiry-based chemistry labs fail to prompt all science practices, indicating that adopting inquiry alone is insufficient for comprehensive skill training.

Bridging the Science Practices Gap: Analyzing Laboratory Materials for Their Opportunities for Engagement in Science Practices

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