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Teaching with Clickers part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This posting on the Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List is an excerpt from a longer article, Teaching with Clickers, by Erping Zhu, coordinator of instructional technology at the Center for ...
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Use of Technology
Subject: Education

Fieldwork Bibliography part of SERC Web Resource Collection

An annotated bibliography from the Geography Discipline Network (affiliated with GEES in the UK) on learning in the field. Readers are invited to suggest additions to the bibliography.
Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field, Ways Of Learning:In the Field

Integrating field observations with physical and computer models in an introductory environmental geology course part of SERC Print Resource Collection

Research on Learning: Spatial Intelligence:Spatial Representations Of Data , Ways Of Learning:In the Field, Visual Learning
Subject: Environmental Science

Using Mobile Mapping to Determine Rates of Meander Migration in an Undergraduate Geomorphology Course part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Students in an undergraduate geomorphology course used tablet computers equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software to map the current ...

Research on Learning: Spatial Intelligence:Maps, Ways Of Learning:In the Field
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology

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 ...
Research on Learning: Affective Domain:Student Motivation, Self-Efficacy, Cognitive Domain:Metacognition
Subject: Education

Motivating Students part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This chapter from the book Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis is a great place to start for ideas and tips about increasing student motivation in your classes. The author presents a handy ...
Research on Learning: Instructional Design, Assessment:Classroom Methods, Affective Domain:Student Motivation, Cognitive Domain:Metacognition
Subject: Education

Pictorial Aids for Learning by Doing in a Multimedia Geology Simulation Game part of SERC Print Resource Collection
How can we help students learn to solve authentic geology problems within a virtual environment? This article describes the results of various scaffolding methods for students who were asked to ...

Research on Learning: Instructional Design:Use of Technology, Scaffolding, Ways Of Learning:Verbal, Cognitive Domain:How information is organized:Mental models, Ways Of Learning:Visual Learning, Cognitive Domain:Knowledge Transfer, Spatial Intelligence:Maps
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Geology, Geography:Physical, Education

New report charts course for future of geosciences part of SERC Print Resource Collection
The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) formed a working group of young scientists charged with developing a vision for the future of the geosciences. The working group combined its ...

Research on Learning: Geoscience Expertise
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics

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 ...
Research on Learning: Cognitive Domain:Metacognition
Subject: Education

Fieldwork is Good? The Student Experience of Field Courses part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site describes the results of a research project that was conducted across geography, earth science and environmental science disciplines to examine the effect of fieldwork on students' ...
Research on Learning: Ways Of Learning:In the Field, Instructional Design:Teaching in the Field, Affective Domain
Subject: Education