Using Superstitions and Sayings to Teach Experimental Design

 

Mariëlle H. Hoefnagels

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2003, Volume 24

Abstract

The goal of this mini-workshop was to present a simple, intuitive exercise in which students at all levels of biology education can practice with the concepts and terminology of experimental design. In this activity, groups of students are each assigned a different superstition or saying, which serves as the hypothesis to be tested. Each group designs an experiment to test its assigned hypothesis. Then, as an exercise in peer review, each group evaluates the experiment designed by another group.

Keywords:  experimental design

Louisiana State University (2002)