A collection of resources related to field-based learning.
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Countdown to a field excursion part of SERC Print Resource Collection
C. King
This is a detailed account of all the steps that need to be taken to prepare and execute a geology field excursion for a grammar school in Cheshire, England. The author asserts that since fieldwork ...
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field
Students, fieldwork, space and time part of SERC Print Resource Collection
C. King
This paper suggests how to get students to build up an overall perspective of the different rock sequences they see during a field excursion. It outlines a five-prong approach aimed at understanding ...
Research on Learning: Ways Of Learning:In the Field, Geoscience Expertise:Geologic Time, Instructional Design:Constructivism, Teaching in the Field, Spatial Intelligence:Spatial Representations Of Data , Maps
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N. Orion, Y. Dubowski, and J. Dodick
This study assesses the educational potential of multimedia authoring using ASTOUND multimedia software. Thirty-two grade 12 students in an environmental course that included background instruction, ...
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Use of Technology, Assessment:Classroom Methods, Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field
Development and Validation of an Instrument for Assessing the Learning Environment of Outdoor Science Activities part of SERC Print Resource Collection
N. Orion, A. Hofstein, P. Tamir, and G.J. Gidding
This study was conducted to describe the development and validation of Science Outdoor Learning Environment Inventory (SOLEI), an instrument used to assess science learning environments on field ...
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Constructivism, Assessment:Meta-Analysis, Classroom Methods, Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field, Affective Domain:Learning Environments, Ways Of Learning:In the Field
Improving the preparation for fieldwork with IT: two examples from physical geography part of SERC Print Resource Collection
J. Warburton, and M. Higgitt
This paper investigates two ways information technology (IT) can enhance fieldwork preparation. The author asserts that geographic information systems (GIS) and computer-based tutorials can help ...
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Use of Technology, Teaching in the Field, Ways Of Learning:In the Field
Integrating Policy and Land Management Issues into a Natural Sciences Education: Teaching Environmental Sciences on the lower San Juan River, Utah part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Michael H. Ort, Diana E. Anderson, David M. Ostergren
This article describes an interdisciplinary field course combining natural sciences and policy and land management. The course is founded on a place-based set of problems. The course consists of a ...
Research on Learning: Ways Of Learning:In the Field
Using Environmental Service Learning in an Urban Environment to Address Water Quality Issues part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Lenore P. Tedesco, Kara A. Salazar
This article describes an environmental service learning program. The goal of the program is to engage students in urban water quality education and environmental stewardship activities. Service ...
Research on Learning: Ways Of Learning:In the Field
Earth and Mind: How Geologists Think and Learn about the Earth part of SERC Print Resource Collection
C.A. Manduca, D.W. Mogk
What does it mean to be a geoscientist? What characterizes the expertise that geoscientists bring to understanding the Earth? How do students develop this expertise? This volume brings together ...
Research on Learning: Geoscience Expertise:Complex Systems, Drawing Inferences, Assessment:Classroom Methods, Spatial Intelligence, Instructional Design, Geoscience Expertise:Geologic Time, Cognitive Domain:Cognitive Development, Ways Of Learning:In the Field
Connecting Urban Students with their Rivers Generates Interest and Skills in the Geosciences part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Abstract - Two different enrichment programs for urban high school students from the Greater Hartford Area of Connecticut were conducted during the summer of 2002. They were designed to expose ...
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Incorporating Research Experiences, Geoscience Expertise, Ways Of Learning:In the Field, Affective Domain:Learning Environments
Handbook of College Science Teaching part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Joel J. Mintzes, William H. Leonard
This handbook, by the National Science Teachers Association, offers models of teaching and learning that go beyond the typical lecture-laboratory format and provide rationales for new practices in ...
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Use of Technology, Inquiry-Based Learning, Teaching in the Field, Instructional Design, Affective Domain:Learning Environments