Abstrakt
The study focuses on students' opinion on hands-on activities used during biology practical courses. Among the best rated activities were those connected to animals as dissections, recognition and microscopy, together with activities requiring students' invention.
The worst rated were natural objects (e.g. rocks and minerals) recogniton and calculations. Most of the activities were considered better by girls: The difference was significant in the case of animal recognition, microscopy and inventing of own experiments.
Boys regarded calculations more.