A study has found that students are more engaged in laboratory courses that are designed to emphasize and teach experimentation skills (Courtesy:iStock/AlexPotemkin ...

Physics lab courses are vital to science education, providing hands-on experience and technical skills that lectures can't ...

With the new emphasis on hands-on, active learning throughout higher education, lab courses would seem to have an advantage -- what could be more active than doing experiments? But surprising new ...

Just like the universe depends on the fundamental laws of physics, Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Physics depends on its graduate student teaching assistants. This year, the department ...