Hi Jeff, I would suggest that you look at material from the National Science Teachers Association. This professional organization has published numerous articles about measuring and improving the teaching in science laboratories. They have several articles that focus on application of concepts in lab settings. I conducted an study with high school physics students in lab settings vs lecture settings. I used 200 students in the lab setting and 200 in the lecture setting. I assessed their multiple intellingences using an assessment I developed called Talent Key (www.micubed.com) and then placed those students that were more verbal and math/logic in the lecture classes and the spatial/musical/interpersonal in the lab settings. Results were that the students that processed information/knowledge through verbal/math/logic did better in the lectures and the reverse for those with the spatial/musical/interpersonal intelligences. The results of the study was published in the November,2002 issue of the THE SCIENCE TEACHER. You might find it interesting reading. Hope this is of help to you. Let me know if you have any further questions. Gary