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Maybe I'm just old and thickheaded, but 90% of what you have described is
simply what is usually tagged as a "meaningful lab experience". Your claim
is that that research has shown that these "discovery" or "inquiry"
approaches are superior to traditional lab exercises, but you examples are
what I feel are simply part of the spectrum of labs that are well thought
out with specific goals in mind. I'm not sure what they are actually being
compared to as a control. I really don't think there are many experienced
faculty out there that simply have students robotically go through cook
book procedures and call it a lab.
I guess I really don't have a grasp of what makes these "discovery" labs
different enough to warrant a new name and an enthusiastic set of
disciples. I certainly see that the motivation behind this approach is
different enough to assign a new name, but the nitty gritty details of
what happens in the labs sounds too familiar and close to what reasonable
people already do.