Introduction to Evolution (Historical Geology) part of Teaching Activities
This is a guided question note sheet with interactive elements linked within for an online course in Earth History or Historical Geology. NOVA evolution lab is one component, along with other introductory videos ...

SAGE Musings: Shifting from Deficit Thinking to Asset Thinking part of SAGE 2YC:SAGE Musings
Students arrive on our campuses and in our classrooms from a rich array of backgrounds, with an almost unimaginable diversity of prior experiences. This includes a wide range of what we think of as academic ...

SAGE Musings: Teaching Students Metacognitive Strategies part of SAGE 2YC:SAGE Musings
Over the past week, I've been reviewing the sets of pages written by each of the Change Agent teams, and I've been struck by just how many of you say that teaching your students about metacognition and ...

Framing Leadership in Times of Crisis part of SAGE 2YC
Written by Jingjing Liu and Dr. Pamela Eddy, William & Mary The global pandemic that began in 2020 caused education disruptions for learners and forced community colleges to adapt to unexpected situations. In ...

SAGE Musings: Moving Toward a Student-Centered Classroom part of SAGE 2YC:SAGE Musings
Students learn more in student-centered classrooms (e.g., Lawson et al., 2002; MacIsaac and Falconer, 2002). Furthermore, student-centered teaching reduces achievement gaps across student sub-populations (Teasdale ...

Carbon Dioxide Birthday part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities

Develop Students' Science Identity part of SAGE 2YC
"If students hold stereotypes that portray scientists as a different 'kind of person' than themselves, those students might conclude they are not 'science people.' This mismatch between a ...

SAGE Musings: Using Bloom's Taxonomy to Boost Student Metacognition part of SAGE 2YC:SAGE Musings
The use of Bloom's taxonomy in teaching and learning can help us become more student centered, as it allows us to be more precise about what we want students to know and be able to do. There is a growing body ...

SAGE Musings: "Blooming" Exams and Other Summative Assessments part of SAGE 2YC:SAGE Musings
Why "Bloom"? When faculty are asked what they want students to know and be able to do at the end of a class or a program, we usually respond with high level outcomes. We want our students to understand ...

Geoscience education research project part of Undergraduate Research:2014 Workshop:Activities
Students complete a scientific research project including asking a question, developing methods, collecting data, analyzing and interpreting data, and communicating results. The research question begins "What ...