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Learning and Teaching in the Affective Domain part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article addresses attitudes and attitude change in students. Several theories of attitude change are discussed, such as cognitive dissonance theory, affective-cognitive consistency, social ...Subject: Education
The Knowledge Survey: A Tool for All Reasons part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website discusses knowledge surveys, which offer a powerful way to achieve course organization and enact instructional alignment. Surveys serve as powerful assessment tools that provide a ...Subject: Education, Assessment:Knowledge Survey
The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Collection part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This website presents educational case studies in a variety of disciplines. Featured case studies are designed to be used in teaching, applying science concepts to public policy, legal disputes, and ...Subject: Education
Teaching to Higher Levels of Thinking: Harnessing the Affective Domain part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from Idaho State University describes taxonomies of the cognitive domain, research on thinking models, and taxonomies of the affective domain. The site explains how appealing to the ...Subject: Education
A Fractal Thinker Looks at Learning, Observing and Assessment part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site describes a way to reorganize available information on materials, processes and rates to make teaching part of a more understandable system interrelated in space and time. Fractals may ...Subject: Education
Exploring the Environment Teacher Pages: Problem-Based Learning part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This subsite of Exploring the Environment Teacher Pages provides a detailed description of problem-based learning as well as advice on how to teach using problem-based learning. The page highlights ...Subject: Education
The Goal of Evolution Instruction: Belief or Literacy? part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This paper discusses an approach to teaching evolution that allows students to develop an accurate understanding of the nature of science and the scientific process, resulting in improvement in their ...Subject: Biology:Evolution, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Evolution, Education
Scientific Argumentation in Earth System Science Education part of SERC Web Resource Collection
We investigate the merit of including deliberate instruction on argumentation and debate in an undergraduate Earth system science course. We examine sample student evaluations of arguments ...Subject: Education, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Fieldwork in the Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Higher Education Curriculum: an annotated bibliography part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Subject: Geography
Motivation: A General Overview of Theories part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This chapter in an e-book provides a brief summary of motivational theories that is written for educators. Topics include goals, self-efficacy, attribution theory, self-regulation and volition, and ...Subject: Education
