--Bergstrom and Miller, 1999. What are Classroom Experiments?
Classroom experiments are activities where any number of
students work in groups on carefully designed guided inquiry
questions. Materials provide students with the means of
collecting data through interaction with typical laboratory
materials, data simulation tools or a decision making
environment, as well a series of questions that lead to
discovery-based learning.During the experiment itself, collect
data or observations. The instructor's role is to act as
facilitator, asking leading questions and drawing attention to
interesting results. A well-designed experiment targets common
student misconceptions, focusing on major ideas that students
will need to understand correctly in order to support deep
learning. Classroom experiments differ from classroom
demonstrations because the students are involved in collecting
data or observations. However, just as in an interactive
classroom demonstration, students involved in classroom
experiments can be as