Collette Wilfong

U/Pb Dating from zircon grains near Morgan Valley, UT part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Students use real U/Pb data from zircon grains to determine the best age for field samples. Students learn about Concordia Diagrams to determine if ages from zircon grains are true. Students look at the spread of ...

Barriers & Catalysts to Implementing Evidence-Based Instructional Methods in Higher Education Geoscience Classrooms After Professional Development Participation part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Oral Sessions:Monday Oral Session A
Evidence-based instructional methods (EBIMs) increase student learning outcomes in undergraduate geoscience classrooms (Freeman et al., 2014). Borrego, Stains, and colleagues estimate that only 40-50% of ...