The main purposes of practical work
are to engage students,
aiding them to develop many important skills. In fact, practical work can support learning in a multitude of ways ranging from ‘Personal learning and thinking skills’ to ‘How science works’. The overriding principle, however is ‘to make links between the concrete and abstract worlds’. (Reflecting on practical work). From reading the literature, it is clear that the different reasons and rationales for carrying out practical work in science can be classified into three main areas (see below
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