Pillar 3 : Physics Lab Skills
Current Strengths
I can efficiently follow lab procedures.
- I read through the lab procedures carefully and thoroughly to ensure my full understanding before starting a lab.
I efficiently set up and clean up my lab.
- After reading through the lab procedure, I easily find the equipment and supplies needed for the lab. I ensure that it is all good and ready for use.
Future Growth
I would like to be more concise and specific when communicating results, applications and sources of error.
- I tend to find myself rambling on and sometimes losing the point and not being able to show my understanding
I would like my data taking to be more precise the first time taking it
- I sometimes forget sig. figs. or don’t correctly add my measurements the first time which make data recording take longer
Goals
When writing conclusion and reports, I want to do them in the least number of sentences possible.
- I will do this by trying to limit it to one (maybe two) sentence(s) per question.
I want to raise my overall grades on labs
- I will do this by double checking all my work, specifically in places I know I need to work on.
Revisiting Midterm Goal Setting
My two goals for the semester were:
- When writing conclusion and reports, I want to do them in the least number of sentences possible.
- Raise my overall grades on labs
I believe that I have met my goals as I have been doing better on labs and am able to be a lot more concise in my conclusions. A challenge when writing my conclusion was resisting the urge to add any “fluff” or wanting to over-explain.
As I will be in Life Science 12 next semester, my goals don’t need to be modified for next semester. Specifically, I would like to continue working on being concise in my lab conclusions as I believe it is a good skill to have.