| Title | Development of cost effective strategies for teaching, learning and assessing scientific reasoning abilities in large face-to-face and distance education general science courses |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Science |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 3 Years |
| Initiation | 04/01/2016 |
| Completion | 04/30/2019 |
| Project Summary | This three-year project will improve students’ abilities to apply scientific knowledge, data and reasoning to personal and societal decisions; a primary educational goal for a scientifically literate society. In EOSC114, the Catastrophic Earth, taught annually to over 2000 face to face (f2f) and distance education (DE) students, we will re-configure existing content within a natural hazards framework and build corresponding learning activities and assessments for both the f2f and DE settings. Learning activities will address student motivation and include practice with scientific thinking, opportunities for student choice and virtual field experiences. Students will work creatively and collaboratively towards making contributions every term to a permanent collection of course resources. Assessments of thinking skills, attitudes and knowledge will be developed to support learning and evaluate students’ learning gains. We will also characterize the efficiency, sustainability and transferability of these teaching, learning and assessment strategies. |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2016/2017 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Large TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Sara Harris |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 111,786 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Sara Harris, Professor of Teaching, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOS), Faculty of Science |
| Year 1: TLEF Showcase |  |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2017/2018 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Large TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | Sara Harris |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 65,202 |
| Year 2: Team Members | Sara Harris, Professor of Teaching, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOS), Faculty of Science |
| Year 2: TLEF Showcase |  |
| Year 3: Project Year | Year 3 |
| Year 3: Funding Year | 2018/2019 |
| Year 3: Project Type | Large TLEF |
| Year 3: Principal Investigator | Sara Harris |
| Year 3: Funded Amount | 29,594 |
| Year 3: Team Members | Sara Harris, Professor of Teaching, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOS), Faculty of Science |
| Year 3: TLEF Showcase |  |
| Project Report | 2018-TLEF-Final-Harris-WEB.pdf |