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5 Post author: Capla 15 November 2014 04:08PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 16 November 2014 04:23:49PM 1 point [-]

Do you have access to a college-level Physics and/or Chemistry courses, with lab components?

Comment author: Capla 16 November 2014 05:06:31PM *  4 points [-]

Yes. But,

  1. I don't know how transferable the skills are to more general experimentation outside of the laboratory context.

  2. My (limited) experience with lab work for classes is that it is usually play-acting. The procedure is extremely simple and prefabricated, denying access to perhaps the most important part, experiential design. Furthermore, the "answer" is known in advance, students typically fudge the data to get what they know they were supposed to get.

Are these legitimate concerns?