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 Both great teachers and great managers. They get their students to understand the importance of the day’s activities by first clearly explaining the significance of the activity.  Always seeking to make experiments and practical problems relevant. In fact some of the best lab instructors turn their experiments into practical problem solving exercises.  Spend time early in the semester preparing their students to work in groups. They assign them to work within specified roles, to use one another to reach solutions, to, in effect “jigsaw” results by using different lab groups to provide different pieces of the solution “puzzle.”  Offer just enough help, forcing students to solve problems on their own. Finally, great lab instructors have eyes in the back of their head and are always alert for potential problems. They always address safety issues before turning students loose on experiments.