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Higgs, Bettie, Ed.; Kilcommins, Shane, Ed.; Ryan, Tony, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2010
In this volume the authors document examples of programmes/courses/activities that are designed intentionally to build students' capacity to be integrative thinkers and learners. In doing so they try to analyse and name the learning that is taking place, and so make it visible to the reader. The work is intended as a resource for all those…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Curriculum Design, Holistic Approach
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Ozsvath, David L. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2000
Presents a case study to teach about the relationship between sinkhole development and groundwater levels in Orlando, Florida. Discusses the relationship between groundwater levels and sinkhole formation in a karst terrane. Includes discussion questions. (YDS)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Environment, Geology, Groundwater
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Harbor, Jonathan Martin – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2000
Describes a capstone course specifically designed for Environmental Geoscience majors that is a project-based course stressing small-group identification, analysis, and solution of real-world geo-environmental problems on a local scale. Prepares students for the immediate demands of post-college employment as well as developing lifelong learning…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Earth Science, Environmental Education, Geology
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Grove, Karen – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2002
Details the use of online homework assignments designed to more actively engage students in a general education geoscience course. Concludes that students come to class better prepared and that both groups benefit from a problem-based learning approach. (Contains 17 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Computer Uses in Education, Earth Science, Geology