Abstrakt
In the last decades, inquiry-based learning has been seen as a promising approach. In this respect, Chemistry Laboratory: Evaluation, Assessment & Research (CLEAR) represents the most focused platform for discussing curriculum aspects of laboratory education.
The current overview provides trends in Chemistry Lab Experiments of the last three years of the CLEAR symposia. It aims at mapping all the chemistry laboratory research conducted worldwide focusing on diverse lab skills needed to be acquired by students, based on various inquiry chemistry laboratory research strands presented in CLEAR symposium.
Main results show that, different research strands, focused on different laboratory skills, mainly: Practical skills (Hand-on skills), Transferable skills, technical skills. But in each of these skill categories, there was differences in the items included in each of these categories.
There was also stress on other skills Therefore, it is important sort out the settings related to each of the lab skills categories, to gain Global uniformity in definitions. One can categorize these skills into three domains of learning which include cognitive, affective and Psychomotor to be achieved in the teaching process.
Findings also stressed the importance of providing an interface between schools and university level for building up community practices, effectively design next generation lab experiments skills confounded by content knowledge.