Table 2.

Student assessment of specific scientific goals

	Answersa
	YES				NO
Subject area	1	2	3	4	5
Question: Did the lab increase your understanding of any of the following?
Proper use of controls	16	16	3	1	2
The human genome databases	20	15	4	0	1
Literature searching—electronic and print	13	13	8	1	4
How to write a scientific paper	15	15	5	1	2
How to read a scientific paper	6	19	9	5	3
How to analyze data	10	15	6	2	2
Responsibility for a project	24	6	5	1	2

^aValues indicate the number of students who responded in each category.