In this study a method of a form that can be used as a base to evaluate the students' safe work practices inside the lab have been developed. It contains the standardized form that was used to evaluate students inside the chemistry lab.  The author recognizes that grading is subjective for this portion of the study. The observation statements are divided into three parts. The first part contains the observation statements that are used to monitor students before they start their experiment, how they prepare for the experiment and how they are ready from safety point of view. The second part contains the observation statements that are used to observe students while they are performing their experiment. The last part contains the observation statements that are used to monitor students once they have completed the laboratory. The checklist is fairly easy to use. Generally speaking this checklist can be used to evaluate a single student's work practice or can be used for group comparisons between two laboratory sections. This study adds to the global discussion on the role of the University in the field of safety by preparing students to be aware about safety at workplace.

Safety form for observing and evaluating safe work practices

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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