How to Read an Equation part of Quantitative Skills:Teaching Methods:Teaching with Equations
Points to Keep in Mind Some key points to keep in mind when discussing interpretation of equations with students: Making the connection between a mathematical expression and its physical meaning is a challenging ...

Significant Figures part of Quantitative Skills:Teaching Methods:Understanding Uncertainty
There is a general convention that the number of significant digits or figures in a measurement includes all of the decimal places that have constant value for every measurement of the parameter plus the first ...

Understanding Uncertainty part of Quantitative Skills:Teaching Methods:Understanding Uncertainty
Developed by Keith Sverdrup, Bob MacKay, and Swarn Gill in conjunction with the 2004 Workshop Histogram created with Online Statistical software. Details Students often encounter problems understanding measurement ...

Examples part of Quantitative Skills:Teaching Methods:Teaching with Data Simulations
For additional, non-geoscience examples, check out the example collection at Pedagogy in Action Skip to search results Skip to search facet filtersSkip to text search formSkip to paginationRefine the ...