Communication Problems During Laboratory Work: Interaction Professor-Student and Student-Student

One of the most basic aspects in laboratory is communication. How researchers perform could affect the success of a research. In this paper, it will be explain how problems related with communication can lead a laboratory practice to accomplish its objectives and aims. We will present what behaviors, actions or measures during communication can influence a laboratory practice development. In the following parts we will show how we discovered the four communication problems found that interfered with the normal development of the practices. This paper will expose how controlling these problems can increase the possibility of success. In addition, we will present some factors that affect the laboratory research. For this research, the laboratories of the University of Experimental Technology Yachay Tech were visited to witness different laboratory practices in the fields of biology and chemistry, recorded and analyzed focused on the communication interaction between professor-student and student-student. The four communication problems found are: (1) disrupted communication process, (2) lack of communication, (3) assumptions and (4) non- verbal communication.