In fact, the sessions are intended to be held during regularly scheduled 50-minute class sessions, with written reports to be completed as homework. Laboratory sessions are designed to be worked on by pairs of students, and require a written report of each pair of laboratory partners. Let laboratories replace, rather than supplement, more traditional presentations of material. Test students on laboratory work. Encourage students to discuss laboratory results with each other in class after the lab.
Students learn how to learn and do mathematics on their own.
Students learn to read laboratory instructions. Students learn to work with, teach, and learn from other students. Students learn to communicate mathematics aloud. Students learn to communicate mathematics in writing. They were fun.