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Starting Point is designed to help faculty be more effective in teaching entry-level geoscience. Please help us understand how you use the website and how it impacts your teaching. We will use this information to improve the website, in publications and presentations about the website, and in future proposals. For more information, see our Privacy Policy.

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Use of Site
As you develop a course and prepare for class, how do you use the Starting Point website?

To learn about different pedagogical approaches to use when teaching a specific class.

To find ready-to-use activities for a class.

For ideas or information when designing or revising a course.

To identify what topics and activities others are using in teaching introductory geosciences.

Please describe any other ways you use the website:

Tell us if you have a favorite page or example from the Starting Point site:

Impact on teaching
Using the scale shown, please rank how significantly the Starting Point website has affected you in these areas and tell us more about any changes you have made:
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Goals and objectives for my course

Teaching methods I use

What I teach (e.g. course content, coverage of topics)

Examples and activities I use in class

Strategies I use to assess student learning

Please describe these changes:

Impact on students
Please describe the impacts you have seen in student performance/achievement that you attribute to modifications made in your teaching as a result of ideas or information from the Starting Point website.

Help Us ImproveWhat is missing from the website that would help you in teaching entry-level geoscience courses?