The use of applied labs has long been an established practice in the natural sciences as a means of stressing application of theoretical principles and fostering disciplinary excitement. The social sciences have seen an advent of similar problem-based approaches, but have not adopted a lab-based model. Labs offer an opportunity to use class time for purposes of application without moving fully to a flipped classroom model. This article presents the use of labs in three undergraduate public administration classes: Introduction to Public Administration, Research Design and Data Collection, and Statistics and Data Analysis. The labs are collaborative and feature both peer and instructor support. They utilized an established problem-based strategy to demonstrate the real-life applicability of academic topics (Kolb, 1984; Kramer and Schechter, 2011). Data collected from 10 sections of the courses before and after implementation show increased student satisfaction and greater self-reported learning, though the effect on academic performance is more moderated.

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在讲座和翻转之间：公共管理课堂中“实验室”的使用

长期以来，应用实验室的使用一直是自然科学中的一种既定做法，作为强调理论原理应用和培养学科热情的一种手段。社会科学已经出现了类似的基于问题的方法，但还没有采用基于实验室的模型。实验室提供了将课堂时间用于应用目的的机会，而无需完全转向翻转课堂模型。本文介绍了三个本科公共管理课程中实验室的使用：公共管理概论、研究设计和数据收集以及统计和数据分析。实验室是协作式的，并提供同行和教师支持。他们利用既定的基于问题的策略来证明学术主题在现实生活中的适用性（Kolb，1984；Kramer 和 Schechter，2011）。