Enhancing Conceptual Understanding Dolphin, Glenn. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XVI, 294 p. 71 illus., 64 illus. in color. online resource. This book provides a case study on how to design and build an introductory geology course for non-science majors. The book presents a foundation with the status of geoscience education and research in geoscience conceptual development as a backdrop for the design process. It then describes the instructional goal-setting process and development of the structural components of the course based on the determined goals. The book presents the three historical narratives (the earth is a historical entity, the earth is very old, and the earth is dynamic) that form the foundation of instruction. It also describes examples of the implicit, explicit, and reflective treatments of the nature of science to help student develop a better sense of the process of geology. Finally, the book gives preliminary results from some innovative approaches to research on student learning within the domains of geological content knowledge and NOS content knowledge within the course. . Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Challenges in geoscience education -- Chapter 3. Backwards design and goals setting -- Chapter 4. Centring HPS in the course design process -- Chapter 5. Text and the structure of the course (braiding history, inquiry and MBL) -- Chapter 6. Evaluating student learning in both geology content and NOS. by Glenn Dolphin. Science Study and teaching Education Curricula Geology Study Skills Science Education Curriculum Studies Geology Study and Learning Skills Q181-183.4 9783031686672 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68667-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68667-2 241002 20251030113122.0 978-3-031-68667-2