Students' attitudes to practical work by age and subject

By Rachael Sharpe

Issue 357 | Page 25 | Published Jun 2015

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Rachael Sharpe Student opinion of practical science varies from'new and exciting' to valuable experience and on to a necessary chore that is only of marginal relevance to the learning essential for examinations

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