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Download full textSmith, Gary A.; Bermea, Shannon Belle – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2012
Should instructors assume that students possess conceptual knowledge of plate tectonics when they reach a second college geoscience course? Five cohorts in a historical geology course over 5 y--a total of 149 students--completed an in-class assignment in which they drew sketches of plate boundaries with required annotations. Analysis of the…
Descriptors: Plate Tectonics, Prior Learning, Science Instruction, Freehand Drawing
