College Science Courses, Boring?!?!
 

College Science Classes Are a Bore, Report Says

Thu Apr 22, 4:13 PM ET Add Science - Reuters to My Yahoo!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - College science lectures are a big bore to students and need to be replaced with hands-on classes where they can actually learn better, a team of experts said on Thursday.


"Revolutionary" courses that mimicked the way real scientists actually work -- by doing science instead of reading about it -- actually helped students learn and encouraged them to take more science classes, the experts said.

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I only took one college science -- Biology 100 with Dr. Lewis -- interesting because it was environmental science but it was very very little hands on. I never saw the labs unless I took a walk around the building.

Hands on is what bores me! I would so much rather listen to a lecture than do experiments or whatever with a group of people who expect to sit on their arses and let me do all the work...that's, what, high school all over again? I had two really great science professors, though, that kept things very interesting so we were never bored.

Edited to Add: The intro science classes are usually so big anyway that it would just be more trouble than it's worth to include more "hands on" experience.

As a Chemistry major, every class we took was a lecture followed by a lab. The lab work was basically the same as everything I did once I got out into the "real world."

You are the first person I've ever heard say that... but I totally agree! I hate science labs, they bore me to tears. But I find the actual lecture information pretty interesting, and I perform well.

I'm a biological science major, and pretty much EVERY class has a required lab section attached. Please, no more Hand-On time...

I'd much rather take a lecture for less credits and be able to pick and choose which labs I take. Getting one credit for 2-3 hours in the lab every week is kinda lame. Instead of a five credit class requiring 5 hours per week like other majors, a five credit class can be 7 hours in class/lab.

I am all about hands-on classes. I'm a very visual learner and pick things up much easier when I'm actually involved in what's being taught, no matter the subject. Sciences are especially easier for me when there is a lab involved though, and my Chem grade from last semester proves that.. I failed the lecture, and I mean failed as in around a 30%, but I still passed the class because in the lab portion of it I got a 95%

I had a Botony class that was sooooooo dam boring the lecture was from a short man syndrome professor but the labs were cool

I know labs not only make science more interesting to me... but also help me to understand more... I know I was BORED out of my mind in my Bio class which I took without a lab... but I LOOVED AP bio my senior year of High school because we did lab stuff as well. and chem which I took with a lab in college was SOO much better because I could see the practical application...

That's exactly what I think about science classes.. If I can't see how the information I'm being told is actually used it just doesn't make sense to me.

Yeah, college is very discriminatory towards both visual and hands on learners. I don't know why though. Not only when it comes to science, but anything else. When I was a freshman I was very disappointed to find out that my broadcasting classes were all about history and theory! Zero time in our school's tv and radio station. :mad: How is theory and history supposed to prepare us for the real world? :rolleyes:

Oh yeah, I only took one science course. Bio 10, lecture class, no labs. Boooooring! I only showed up for 5 or 6 classes, but I recieved a B. :)

I say get rid of science classes all together! :p (except maybe for people majoring in that stuff)

I don't know about other people, but science generally bores me to tears. I'm a business major, so anything marketing, operations, even finance gets me all excited.

I had to take two sciences my freshman year and I chose Geology & Meterology/Climatology.

I probably could have made better grades in those classes, but the bottom line for me was that I didn't CARE about the study of rocks, or weather patterns. I spent my time reading up for the other classes that really interested me instead of reading about rocks.

That's just my opinion though.. maybe someday universities can offer custom-made degree plans for people with low tolerances of certain subjects :p