Student laboratory reports: an approach to improving feedback and quality

We present an ongoing effort in improving the quality of laboratory reports written by first and second year physics students. The effort involves a new approach where students are given the opportunity to submit reports at intermediate deadlines, receive feedback, and then resubmit for the final de...

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Published inEuropean journal of physics Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 35701 - 35707
Main Authors Ellingsen, Pål Gunnar, Støvneng, Jon Andreas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IOP Publishing 01.05.2018
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feedback
student evaluation
student laboratory
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Summary:We present an ongoing effort in improving the quality of laboratory reports written by first and second year physics students. The effort involves a new approach where students are given the opportunity to submit reports at intermediate deadlines, receive feedback, and then resubmit for the final deadline. In combination with a differential grading system, instead of pass/fail, the improved feedback results in higher quality reports. Improvement in the quality of the reports is visible through the grade statistics.
Bibliography:EJP-103127.R1
ISSN:0143-0807
1361-6404
DOI:10.1088/1361-6404/aaa036