<p>I find that when teaching laboratory sections of the class it is critical to be able to relate it to what the student is going to be doing in their work.&nbsp; Students today (at least students I have seen over the last couple of years) are more interested in the end result than the process.&nbsp; This attitude presents a unique challenge when dealing with education because some students fail to grasp the importance of learning the methodology of learning.&nbsp; Through labs it is possible to make the student understand the journey...performing the core concepts taught in theory in order to acheive the results they want in the lab.&nbsp; I've seen more than one "light bulb moment" during labs when the student all of a sudden understands the theory because they were able to perform an experiement hands on and see the results.</p>