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Teaching anthropogenic global climate change (AGCC) using climate models
Geography educators have long taught anthropogenic global climate change (AGCC) using geospatial data, visualizations, analysis tools and models. We examined the attitudes of... -
Effectiveness of PhET Simulations and YouTube Videos to Improve the Learning ...
Effective teaching of physics requires the use of well-designed and diversified instructional tools such as multimedia throughout the teaching and learning process. The main... -
Breaking out of the traditional lecture hall: Geocaching as a tool for experi...
It is uncommon for large service courses in geology to provide engaging outdoor activities that effectively mimic the experiences of working geologists, despite the fact that... -
Instructional Utility and Learning Efficacy of Common Active Learning Strategies
The adoption of active learning instructional practices in college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses has been shown to result in improvements in... -
Teaching towards knowledge integration in learning force and motion
Knowledge integration is essential to achieve deep conceptual understanding, which requires students to develop well-connected knowledge structures through the central idea of a... -
"Let’s Bid!" - A modular activity to promote interest in engineering economy
This article presents a modular activity designed to promote interest and understanding of engineering economics concepts in a complex environment. Through a competition game,... -
Effects of explicit instruction on the acquisition of students’ science inqui...
In most primary science classes, students are taught science inquiry skills by way of learning by doing. Research shows that explicit instruction may be more effective. The aim... -
Students' motivation toward feedback-seeking in the clinical workplace
ABSTRACT In medical education, students are increasingly regarded as active seekers of feedback rather than passive recipients. Previous research showed that in the intentions... -
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AbstractThis article analyses student-learning outcomes from the redesign of Introduction to Physical Geography 101. Among the purposes of the redesigned course were to enhance... -
Connecting chemistry concepts with environmental context using student-built ...
Educational research supports incorporating active engagement into K-12 education using authentic STEM experiences. While there are discipline-specific resources to provide... -
Meaningful Mathematics: A Social-Justice-Themed-Introductory Statistics Course
As an interdisciplinary team, we set out to create an applied statistics course that would cover the traditional introductory statistics topics in a consistent framework of... -
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Incorporating active learning strategies into introductory STEM courses has been shown to improve student outcomes, however, these activities take class time to execute. The... -
"Geologic issues: Community impacts and science communication"—An introductor...
Responding to the need for recruitment and retention of a diverse geoscience population, we developed a capstone homework assignment for use in introductory-level geoscience... -
Learning across distances: An international collaborative learning project be...
Many geographers graduating from universities enter an international and project-based professional life, which includes working in geographically dispersed project teams. In... -
Exploring teachers’ meta-strategic knowledge of science argumentation teachin...
This study investigated two science teachers’ meta-strategic knowledge (MSK) of argumentation teaching by applying the repertory grid technique (RGT). One teacher was a novice,... -
Designing MATLAB course for undergraduates in cartography and geographic info...
Participation of undergraduate students in research helps them nurture critical thinking, develop research skills, enhance self-confidence, and clarify their education or career... -
Assisting the integration of social media in problem-based learning sessions ...
Purpose: Issues related to traditional Problem-Based Learning (PBL) at King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Medicine (KAU-FOM), including lack of student interaction between... -
‘I’m probably just gonna skim’: an assessment of undergraduate students’ prim...
We investigated undergraduate students’ approaches to reading primary scientific literature (PSL). Self-report surveys and think-aloud reading interviews were used to uncover... -
Challenge-based instruction promotes students’ development of transferable fr...
Challenge-based teaching facilitates students’ simultaneous development of content mastery and strategies for applying technical knowledge innovatively. The University of Texas... -
Two Implementations of Pre-class Readings in Calculus Courses
Many active learning practices highly depend on students' advance preparation for the class. However, reading Calculus can be a challenging task to students. We address this...
