Restrictions and boundary conditions

In the experience of the group there can be various restrictions and boundary conditions, dictated by the setting, context and demands of the university involved. A few of these to consider are:

  1. The kind of laboratory available
  2. The required student knowledge for the lab course;
  3. The number and kind of teacher (assistant)s;
  4. The kind of result expected of the student (product, report, presentation, exam);
  5. The kind of testcase / example / prescribed practice run (procedural);
  6. The possible information (literature, books, etc.) and people (experts) a student could use;
  7. Assessment details – final score calculation, weights, assessors;
  8. Open inquiry projects are much more time intensive than closed inquiry projects.

Design form Open_inquiry