Student-Centered Teaching in Paleontology and Geoscience Classrooms

by Robyn Mieko Dahl

Research on learning and cognition in geoscience education research and other discipline-based education communities suggests that effective instruction should include three key components: a) activation of students' prior knowledge on the subject, b) an active learning pedagogy that allows students to address any existing misconceptions and then build a new understanding of the concept, and c) metacognitive reflections that require students to evaluate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108717861
• ISBN13: 9781108717861
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"