The Influence of the Number of Experiment Participants in Science Study Experiments

Abstract

The goal of this study was to illustrate how students gain acquisition of scientific concepts and how the nature of the interaction between students is influenced by whether an experiment is carried out by a group of students or by an individual student. The results indicated that students working in pairs could complete experiments faster than those working alone. The results also indicated that student experimenters working in pairs could remember the experiment methodology for longer periods. Students working in pairs demonstrated much more communication during the experiments than students working alone.