In science labs, students are often expected to get a particular result; typically they get downgraded for getting the “wrong” answer. That’s because for most science labs, the students are not really doing science: they are learning a technique. If you do the technique properly, we all know at the outset what result you should get. So in this case, getting the right result is evidence that you have indeed learned the technique. If you are supposed to separate out the different chlorophyll pigments using chromatography, and you get all of the separate pigment bands on your gel or absorptive paper, then you have learned the technique and probably gotten your A. Read More→
How well do you know your science? In a typical school setting we answer this question by giving students a timed test.
